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jan 11, 1944 - 1944

Description:

Two University of Pennsylvania professors, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, build the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC). Considered the grandfather of digital computers, it fills a 20-foot by 40-foot room and has 18,000 vacuum tubes.

Added to timeline:

22 Aug 2018

Date:

jan 11, 1944
Now
~ 80 years ago