Museum of History and Technology, Information Technology Exhibit
ID: SIA RU000285 [SIA2010-2901]
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Image No. SIA2010-2901
ENIAC was the first electronic digital computer. Built at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania between 1944 and 1946. It was used at the Aberdeen Proving Ground of the U.S. Army Ordnance Department from 1947 until 1955. ENIAC, whose full name was Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, spent much of its life integrating systems of differential equations which the Army and Air Force needed to compute ballistics tables.
Mauchly, John W (John William) 1907-1980
Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper) 1919-1995
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Image No. SIA2010-2901
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
SIA RU000285 [SIA2010-2901]