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EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the earliest electronic computers. It was built by Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 626–628 Along with ORDVAC , it was a successor to the ENIAC .
John William Mauchly (/ ˈ m ɔː k l i / MAWK-lee; August 30, 1907 – January 8, 1980) was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States.
Samuel N. Alexander in 1964, speaking at the SEAC computer retirement ceremony. Samuel N. Alexander with SEAC Title page of the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC with Alexander's signature. Samuel Nathan Alexander (February 22, 1910 in Wharton, Texas – December 9, 1967 in Chevy Chase, Maryland ) was an American computer pioneer who ...
English physicist Samuel Hunter Christie invented the Wheatstone bridge (It is named after Charles Wheatstone who popularized it). 1836: Irish priest (and later scientist) Nicholas Callan invented the transformer in Ireland. 1837: English scientist Edward Davy invented the electric relay. 1839: French scientist Edmond Becquerel discovered the ...
Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers (popularly called the "Moore School Lectures") was a course in the construction of electronic digital computers held at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering between July 8, 1946, and August 30, 1946, and was the first time any computer topics had ever been taught to an assemblage of people.
EDVAC: 1951 1 The successor to ENIAC, and also built by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory. One of the first stored-program computers to be designed, but its entry into service was delayed. EDVAC's design influenced a number of other computers.
Macron vows Europe will ‘more fairly’ contribute aid after Trump meeting — warns Ukraine peace must be ‘checked and verified’
Google launches the Voice Search app for the iPhone, bringing speech recognition technology to mobile devices. [11] 2011: October 4: Invention: Apple announces Siri, a digital personal assistant. In addition to being able to recognize speech, Siri is able to understand the meaning of what it is told and take appropriate action. [12] 2014: April ...