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UNIVAC is the name of a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. | UNIVAC is 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 | 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 | ||
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. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 1 January 2024
UNIVAC is 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
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.
See Also
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