UNIVAC
First commercial computer
UNIVAC was the first commercially produced electronic computer in the United States, introduced in 1951.
The name stands for Universal Automatic Computer.
It gained public fame by correctly predicting Eisenhower's 1952 presidential victory.
For a generation, UNIVAC was synonymous with computers themselves: The office just got a UNIVAC.
First general-purpose electronic computer
- tabulatorOne who tallies
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- SmithsonianFederally funded museum network
Large centralized computer system
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
- consoleComfort in distress
- CPUMain computing chip
memory · storage · peripherals · hardware · card-reader · printer
Elderly business-oriented programming language
- FORTRANScientific programming language
- assemblyConstructing from components
- machine-codeProcessor-executable binary instructions
- programmingWriting software instructions
software · compiler · subroutine · debugging · flowchart · algorithm · code · instructions
ENIAC
First general-purpose electronic computer
- tabulatorOne who tallies
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- SmithsonianFederally funded museum network
mainframe
Large centralized computer system
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
- consoleComfort in distress
CPU · memory · storage · peripherals · hardware · card-reader · printer
COBOL
Elderly business-oriented programming language
- FORTRANScientific programming language
- assemblyConstructing from components
- machine-codeProcessor-executable binary instructions
programming · software · compiler · subroutine · debugging · flowchart · algorithm · code · instructions · logic
automation
Self-operating system design
- aerospaceAtmosphere plus outer void
- midcentury technologytransistor radio, color TV, rotary phone, tape recorder, record player
- Computing HistoryENIAC, mainframe, mainframes, punch card, punch cards
- 1951 eventsKorean War, I Love Lucy, Rosenbergs, nuclear testing, Dennis the Menace
- retro computingApple II, ENIAC, IBM PC, Commodore, Atari
- vintage computingFORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, ENIAC, mainframes
- Vintage ComputersCommodore 64, Apple II, Apple IIe, Amiga, Lisa
UNIVACmicrocomputer
Small personal computing device
smartphone · personal computer · PC · laptop · tablet
UNIVACabacus
Bead-and-wire arithmetic tool
slide rule · pencil and paper · mental arithmetic · adding machine · pen and paper
UNIVACcloud computing
Internet-delivered digital infrastructure
blockchain · edge computing · quantum computer · neural network
- universal jointsRotational couplings permitting angulation
- universal remoteDevice operating multiple electronics
- Universal StudiosFilm production and entertainment company
- universal healthcareGuaranteed medical access nationwide
- universal truthFact holding everywhere, always
- universal languageSpeech all understand