Details about the first computer in 1946 (ENIAC)?

Question

I need details about the first computer the ENIAC. I just need random details that tell me anything about it.

Answer 1

Eniac was not the first computer, nor even the world's first programmable digital computer.



During the 2WW computers of various sizes and types were designed and built for and by the Royal Navy. The most powerful was the Colossus (several times as powerful as Eniac) which was fully programmable, though used only for cryptography. It was staffed mainly by RN personnel (WRNS) with a strong detachment of civilian mathematicians.



Even the Americans must have heard of Turing, the Turing bombe and the groundbreaking architecture of the machine.



As a follow-up, the world's first programmable digital computer to go into commercial production was the Leo 1, designed by engineers working for the restaurateur, J.Lyons of London. The company had it made for their own use, then realised the market potential and began to sell them.



Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The ENIAC was the first successful electronic digital computer. Depends on what you mean by computer. There is the first PC. The IBM PC was introduced in 1981 and is the first PC, (personnel computer). Charles Babbage designed the first computer, starting in 1823. Though not completed until 1990 (?), his Difference Engine worked. Ada King, Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron, wrote programs for the Difference Engine, thus becoming the world's first programmer. The ENIAC was the first successful electronic digital computer. "Who invented the computer?" is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separate invention.

Answer 3

ENIAC was built just a few blocks from where I'm typing this message.

Here's its Wikipedia entry.