ENIAC
ENIAC is a book by Scott McCartney. It is a detailed account of the trials and tribulations of the first real computer, the ENIAC. The ENIAC was the first true computer, shunning gears and other mechanical parts to transmit and calculate in favor of an entirely electrical system, using electrons to send and receive information. The ENIAC revolutionized the world, even though it was built too late for its initial purpose; the creation of artillery …
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…after its creation. Because of an injustice done to its inventors, Mauchly and Eckert, the computer world was allowed to flourish into the all present empire that it is today, influencing all aspects of our lives, from shopping to the stock market. It is good to know of the difficulties faced by the oft-foolish inventors of the first computer, so that we will not be doomed to repeat them, time and time again.
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