jan 2, 1946 - First commercial computer, UNIVAC, is created

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The UNIVAC was the first commercial computer that was used by the general public. After the success of the ENIAC, many people wondered what other purposes the computer had.

The UNIVAC was mostly used for business and administrative purposes, and it moved a lot of corporate tech systems away from punchcard-based technology.

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