Chapter 1
The birth of a giant
Chapter 2
Inside the beast
Chapter 3
The brilliant minds
Chapter 4
The legacy of ENIAC
Ch 1 · The birth of a giant
007skaty The Ballistic Research Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania partnered to replace human computers and mechanical calculators with a fast electronic machine.
007skaty Forty individual panels arranged in a U-shape housed thousands of delicate vacuum tubes.
Fun Fact
ENIAC's massive size: It occupied 1,500 square feet, which is larger than many modern three-bedroom apartments.
BETA
007skaty Allocate wartime budgets to learn how the electronic dream secured its funding.
Glossary
eniac (noun)
An early, large-scale electronic digital computer designed to solve a wide range of numerical problems. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert constructed the machine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
An early, large-scale electronic digital computer designed to solve a wide range of numerical problems. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert constructed the machine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.
007skaty ENIAC Public Debut
Predicting the path, outrunning the shell, faster than flight.
Quiz
How fast could the ENIAC calculate a shell's trajectory during its 1946 public demonstration?
Quiz
In what year was the ENIAC computer formally dedicated and demonstrated to the public?