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UNIVAC History

UNIVAC History. Ariel Rozen Computers 1A. Data Table. General Information History Specification Chronology Photos Modern Time Bibliography Table. General Information. The UNIVAC handled both numbers and alphabetic characters equally as well.

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UNIVAC History

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  1. UNIVAC History Ariel Rozen Computers 1A

  2. Data Table • General Information • History • Specification • Chronology • Photos • Modern Time • Bibliography • Table

  3. General Information The UNIVAC handled both numbers and alphabetic characters equally as well. The UNIVAC had Mercury delay lines were used to store the computer's program. In 1952 the UNIVAC predicted the outcome of the presidential election. The UNIVAC was used to calculate companies payrolls, sales record, analysis of sales

  4. The UNIVAC is helpful for many organizations like banks and corporations The UNIVAC is like a super huge calculator, and it has a big memory to, so banks have a easy way of looking an accounts record of the money

  5. History The UNIVAC was first made on June 14 1951. From 1951 to 1958 they made 46 UNIVAC in total . In 1947, John Mauchly gave the name UNIVAC (universal automatic computer). Univac was made by, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

  6. Specification It was 25 feet by 50 feet in length, 5,600 tubes 18,000 crystal diods And 300 relays 2,25 MHz bit rate 1,000 words or 12,000 characters Mercury delay lines Magnetic tape Used for large amounts of output and input

  7. Chronology

  8. Photos http://www.deutsches-museum.de/mum/panorama/big/img/univac.mov

  9. BEFORE AFTER http://www.amplitude-x.com/misc/univac.jpg http://www.kcg.ac.jp/museum/computer/accessories/img/univac/ouk9300-s.gif

  10. UNIVAC in Modern Times UNIVAC started 50 years ago, and know it is recognized for being the only commercial computer. The UNIVAC really showed off in 1952 when it predicted Dwight Eisenhower's election over Adlai Stevenson

  11. More modern computers have been made over the years The UNIVAC will be recognized because it was the first computer to make man job easier.

  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Remington_Rand/Univac.Flowmatic.1957.102646140.pdf#search=%22UNIVAC%20charts%22 http://www.tomandmaria.com/tom/Writing/LostInTranslationSlides.pdf#search=%22history%20of%20UNIVAC%20powerpoint%20%22 http://www.computing.ornl.gov/presentations/sterling_talk.pdf#search=%22UNIVAC%20powerpoint%20presentation%20%22 http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-univac-mercury-memory.html http://www.deutsches-museum.de/mum/panorama/big/img/univac.mov\ I read a book about UIVAC it was about the history of UNIVAC like a very pecific timeline

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