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X-WR-CALDESC:15 February 1946: The ENIAC computer begins operating. Photo i
s of Jean Jennings (left) and Frances Bilas set up the ENIAC in 1946. Bila
s is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer. Courtesy of
University of Pennsylvania and used in the article - 'The Forgotten Female
Programmers Who Created Modern Tech.' To read the full article - see the
link at the end of the page.\n\nThere is also a link to an educational vid
eo (via Bing) regarding how ENIAC came to be.\n\nBelow is an excerpt about
the ENIAC from an article\, 'Top Intelligence Agency Supercomputers\,' by
David Brown. Click the link at the end of the page to view the full artic
le.\n\nDuring World War II\, the Army commissioned the first general-pu
rpose electronic computer. Described to the press as a “giant brain” (how
else would you describe a computer to a world that had never before seen o
ne?)\, ENIAC cost $6 million in today’s dollars\, weighed 30 tons and took
up 1800 square feet\, which is about the size of a house. Anecdotally\, i
t used so much electricity to operate that each time it was switched on\,
it caused lights in Philadelphia to dim.\n\nThe system was developed to ca
lculate artillery firing tables for the Ballistic Research Laboratory\, bu
t when scientists from the Manhattan Project found out about it\, they co-
opted the system to run calculations for the Bomb.\n\nRead the full ar
ticle via the link below.
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DESCRIPTION:15 February 1946: The ENIAC computer begins operating. Photo is
of Jean Jennings (left) and Frances Bilas set up the ENIAC in 1946. Bilas
is arranging the program settings on the Master Programmer. Courtesy of U
niversity of Pennsylvania and used in the article - 'The Forgotten Female
Programmers Who Created Modern Tech.' To read the full article - see the l
ink at the end of the page.\n\nThere is also a link to an educational vide
o (via Bing) regarding how ENIAC came to be.\n\nBelow is an excerpt about
the ENIAC from an article\, 'Top Intelligence Agency Supercomputers\,' by
David Brown. Click the link at the end of the page to view the full articl
e.\n\nDuring World War II\, the Army commissioned the first general-pur
pose electronic computer. Described to the press as a “giant brain” (how e
lse would you describe a computer to a world that had never before seen on
e?)\, ENIAC cost $6 million in today’s dollars\, weighed 30 tons and took
up 1800 square feet\, which is about the size of a house. Anecdotally\, it
used so much electricity to operate that each time it was switched on\, i
t caused lights in Philadelphia to dim.\n\nThe system was developed to cal
culate artillery firing tables for the Ballistic Research Laboratory\, but
when scientists from the Manhattan Project found out about it\, they co-o
pted the system to run calculations for the Bomb.\n\nRead the full art
icle via the link below.
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SUMMARY:1946: The ENIAC computer begins operating.
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