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UNIVAC | UNIVAC was the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. UNIVAC is an acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer. | ||
UNIVAC | The BINAC, built by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, was the first general-purpose computer for commercial use. The descendants of the later UNIVAC 1107 continue today as products of the [[Unisys]] company. | ||
The | Post-WWII The US [[Sperry Gyroscope Co|Sperry Corporation]] expanded its interests in electronics and computing, producing the company's first digital computer, SPEEDAC, in 1953 | ||
The UNIVAC computer provided the basis for developments of further computers under the [[Univac]] brand. | |||
Later the name was applied to a division of the [[Remington Rand]] company and successor organizations. | Later the name was applied to a division of the [[Remington Rand]] company and successor organizations. | ||
1962 The computer operations of [[Sperry Rand]] were separated from the Remington office products division, forming the Univac Division. | 1962 The computer operations of [[Sperry Rand]] were separated from the Remington office products division, forming the [[Sperry Univac|Univac Division]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:09, 2 January 2024
UNIVAC was the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. UNIVAC is an acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer.
The BINAC, built by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, was the first general-purpose computer for commercial use. The descendants of the later UNIVAC 1107 continue today as products of the Unisys company.
Post-WWII The US Sperry Corporation expanded its interests in electronics and computing, producing the company's first digital computer, SPEEDAC, in 1953
The UNIVAC computer provided the basis for developments of further computers under the Univac brand.
Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company and successor organizations.
1962 The computer operations of Sperry Rand were separated from the Remington office products division, forming the Univac Division.