UNIVAC I commercial computer
UNIVAC I, primer computador comercial estadounidense
- Date
- 1951 · confidence high
- Place
- Remington Rand, Philadelphia, United States
- Credited to
- J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly
- People
- 👤 John Presper Eckert1919–1995👤 John William Mauchly1907–1980
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Mass-produced computer sold to businesses and agencies (the Census Bureau). Its televised prediction of the 1952 election popularised the idea of the electronic brain.
The Ferranti Mark 1 (Manchester, February 1951) and LEO I (London, 1951) compete for the title of first commercial computer.
What it led to
- The computer industry as a business (IBM, Remington Rand)
- Public perception of the computer and Cold War science fiction
- Computerisation of public administration and insurers
Built on
Made possible
- COBOL programming language1959
- IBM System/3601964
- IBM 701
- databases