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1951- Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC) Purpose:- The UNIVAC was the first general purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States.
Universal Automatic Computer was the first commercially general-purpose electronic computer. It was designed by Presper Eckert and John Mauchly and manufactured by Remington Rand. It was founded in June 14, 1951 in United states. It was used for the analysis of 1952 presidential election in the United states. It was 8 feet high, 15 feet long and weighed 29,000 pounds. It contained 5200 Vacuum tubes, 18000 crystal diodes, and 300 relays.
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