1946: ENIAC First Operated

The world's first electronic digital computer, the Electronic
Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was turned on for the
first time. This thirty-ton monster was about as powerful as the
tiny computers inside today's "singing" greeting cards.

The story of ENIAC, as seen by one of its creators:
http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/mauchly/jwmintro.html


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