DocumentCode
995930
Title
ENIAC-a problem solver
Author
Fritz, W. Barkley
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Volume
16
Issue
1
fYear
1994
Firstpage
25
Lastpage
45
Abstract
This article provides a firsthand perspective on the use of ENIAC as a problem solver during its 10 years of successful operation as a working computer from November 1945 until October 1955. It provides a view of ENIAC´s place in history as well as information covering the people, the operation, the reliability, and aspects of the problem-preparation process. An appendix covers the complete range of problems handled by ENIAC
Keywords
fault tolerant computing; history; mainframes; numerical analysis; problem solving; reliability; ENIAC; history; operation; people; problem solver; problem-preparation process; reliability; working computer; Building materials; Cables; Government; History; Joining processes; Laboratories; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Problem-solving; Switches; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.251853
Filename
251853
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