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  1. ENIAC - Wikipedia

    ENIAC (/ ˈɛniæk /; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) [1][2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. [3][4] Other …

  2. The First Computer: Technology that Changed the World

    Jan 24, 2022 · Although Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard’s punch card loom preceded it by some two decades, the first mechanical computer is almost universally accepted to have been …

  3. Who Invented the First Computer? - HowStuffWorks

    Oct 20, 2023 · What is the first modern computer in the world? Created in 1943, the ENIAC computing system was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the campus of …

  4. History, Computer, Stands For, Machine, & Facts - Britannica

    Oct 18, 2025 · ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States and completed in 1946. The project was led by John …

  5. When Was the First Computer Invented?

    Jun 14, 2025 · In 1964, the first desktop computer, the Programma 101, was unveiled at the New York World's Fair. It was invented by Pier Giorgio Perotto and manufactured by Olivetti.

  6. How Did the World's First Computer Work? - scihub101.com

    Mar 29, 2025 · What Was the World’s First Computer? While several early devices qualify as “computers,” most historians agree that the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and …

  7. Penn Engineering - ENIAC

    Originally announced on February 14, 1946, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), was the first general-purpose electronic computer.

  8. ENIAC - CHM Revolution

    The result was ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), built between 1943 and 1945—the first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed without being slowed by any …

  9. The world's first general purpose electronic computer - BBC

    Oct 9, 2024 · In 1946, one of the world’s first electronic computers was unveiled in Philadelphia, in the USA. It was called the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC, and was …

  10. From Abacuses to Algorithms: A History of the World‘s First

    Mar 26, 2024 · The Antikythera Mechanism is widely considered the world‘s oldest analog computer as well as the earliest known example of a sophisticated scientific calculator.