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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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3. www.britannica.com › biography › J-Presper-Eckert-JrJ. Presper Eckert | Biography, Invention, & Facts | Britannica

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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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   • 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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5. history.computer.org › pioneers › eckert-jpJ. (John) Presper Eckert - Computer

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   Biography of pioneer J. Presper Eckert from J.A.N. Lee's 1995 book Computer Pioneers, updated.

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   Mar 29, 2024 · In the pantheon of computing pioneers, John Presper Eckert Jr. stands as one of the most brilliant engineers who ever lived. His technical leadership and innovative designs in the 1940s and 1950s helped launch the era of general-purpose programmable electronic computers, ushering in the digital age that has transformed every aspect of modern life.

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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.

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   Who was J Presper Eckert Jr?

   • J Presper Eckert Jr. was an American computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented ENIAC: the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. J Presper Eckert Jr attended the William Penn Carter School in Germanstown.

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   Where did J Presper Eckert go to school?

   • With John Mauchly he invented ENIAC: the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. J Presper Eckert Jr attended the William Penn Carter School in Germanstown. In 1937, after graduating from school, he entered the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from where he graduated in 1941.

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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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   When did Eckert & Mauchly start the computer boom?

   • Designed to handle business data, UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer), Eckert and Mauchly’s third model, found many uses in commerce and may be said to have started the computer boom. Between 1948 and 1966 Eckert received 85 patents, mostly for electronic inventions.

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   Jun 3, 1995 · J Presper Eckert Jr. was an American computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented ENIAC: the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.