ENIAC

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The first general-purpose electronic computer built in the United States in the 1940s

proper noun
/ˈɛniˌæk/

: ENIAC

After the war, Turing and John von Neumann designed the first true programmable electronic computer, ENIAC, based on Turing's designs.
ENIAC computer
anniversary of ENIAC
ENIAC in 1946

We came to understand the incredible power of computers like ENIAC.

Examples

First regular radio broadcasts begin in America, 1941. 1918 Worldwide flu epidemic kills 20 million. 1946 "ENIAC" becomes the world's first computer.

Academic text (2011)
ENIAC was used for the first computerized weather forecasts as well as ballistic calculations (Williams, 1985, p. 276).

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Flowers was quite bitter towards the end of his life about the fact that the ENIAC had got all the glory and his work was unknown.
Consider ENIAC.

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Or, heck, who bankrolled UNIVAC, ENIAC, and the like?

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Encryption technology led to the development of binary languages (Claude Shannon), computers (ENIAC), and advanced applications of informing systems.

Academic text (2017)
In 1946, ENIAC, the first programmable computer, housed 50,000 vacuum tubes in 80 feet of cabinetry, drew 150 kilowatts of power, and performed 5,000 operations per second.

Academic text (2011)
In 1946, ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, was used to solve complex calculations.
The ENIAC was a groundbreaking invention, marking the beginning of the computer age in the United States.
Designed during the 1940s, ENIAC became the first electronic digital computer, revolutionizing how computations were performed.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

ENIAC = E + N + I + A + C

ENIAC is an initialism (letters standing for words) rather than a productive English morphological construction, so knowing any letter components does not let a learner infer the meaning.

Etymology

ENIAC is made from the first letters of the machine's full name Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. Think of Electronic as 'using electricity', Numerical as 'about numbers', and Integrator as 'something that adds or combines', so the name simply says it is a machine that uses electricity to do number calculations, which is why ENIAC was the first big electronic computer.