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   With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer , presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line ...

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   J. Presper Eckert (born April 9, 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 3, 1995, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American engineer and co-inventor of the first general-purpose electronic computer, a digital machine that was the prototype for most computers in use today.

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   Mar 29, 2024 · John Presper Eckert passed away at the age of 76 in 1995, but his impact on the computing field and the modern world is unquantifiable. Eckert‘s brilliant engineering transformed computers from specialized scientific and military tools into indispensable general-purpose business and personal machines.

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   • Invented First General Purpose Electronic Computer
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   The first of the four computers that Eckert built with Mauchly was the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). The ENIAC was comprised of over 10,000 capacitors, 70,000 resistors, and 500,000 soldered connections. Separate wire panels defined each of its programs, which meant that operators had to change its wiring manually by turning...

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   Shortly before the end of World War II, Eckert and Mauchly, with grudging permission from the Moore School of Engineering, began the long process of patenting the ENIAC. However, subsequent administrators at the Moore School did not like the idea of their employees applying for patents on equipment developed for U.S. government projects. In early 1...

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   A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century.edited by N.Metropolis, et. al., Academic Press, 1980. Shurkin, Joel, Engines of the Mind.Pocket Books, 1984. Slater, Robert. Portraits in Silicon.MIT Press, 1987. Stern, Nancy. From ENIAC to UNIVAC: An Appraisal of the Eckert-Mauchly Computers.Digital Press, 1981. New York Times,June 7, 1995. □

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   John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the scientists credited with the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer completed in 1946.

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   Feb 23, 2006 · J. Presper Eckert reveals the inside story of the invention of ENIAC, the first practical, all-electronic computer, and debunks some myths in this forgotten interview. “It is shocking to have your life work reduced to a tenth of a square inch of silicon,” he said.

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   Who is Presper Eckert?

   • d. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 3 June 1995), electrical engineering, computer engineering. J. Presper Eckert is best known for his role as chief engineer in the project that created the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II.

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   Who were J Presper Eckert & John Mauchly?

   • J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, after leaving the academic environment of The Moore School of Engineering to start their own computer business, found their first client was the United States Census Bureau. The Bureau needed a new computer to deal with the exploding U.S. population (the beginning of the famous baby boom).

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   What were Eckert's contributions to computer science?

   • Eckert published few technical papers during his career. His most important contribution was “A Survey of Digital Computer Memory Systems,” which appeared in the Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1953. In the article he summarized the range of memory devices then being used or explored for use in computer systems.

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   Why did John Mauchly and J Presper Eckert go bankrupt?

   • J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly were prepared to absorb any overrun in costs in hopes of recouping from future service contracts, but the economics of the situation brought the inventors to the edge of bankruptcy.

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   How did Mauchly and Eckert develop a large electronic computer?

   • He and Eckert discussed the possibility of building a large electronic computer. In 1942 Mauchly drafted a memo outlining the first large-scale digital electronic computer designed for general numerical computations.

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   How much did Eckert & Mauchly spend on a computer?

   • In April 1946, a $300,000 deposit was given to Eckert and Mauchly for the research into a new computer called the UNIVAC. The research for the project proceeded badly, and it was not until 1948 that the actual design and contract was finalized. The Census Bureau's ceiling for the project was $400,000.

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   J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. The Universal Automatic Computer or UNIVAC was a computer milestone achieved by Dr. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly, the team that invented the ENIAC computer.