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UNIVAC
UNIVAC Short for Universal Automatic Computer. The US's first commercially available computer system, delivered in 1951 slightly later than the Ferranti Mark I. Its memory was in the form of mercury delay lines. It was the product of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, formed in 1948 by the designers of ENIAC. From 1951 through the mid-1950s over 40 machines were produced. The company was acquired by Remington–Rand Inc., which merged with Sperry Corporation in 1955 to form Sperry Rand Corp. Sperry later merged with Burroughs Corp. to form Unisys.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "UNIVAC." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "UNIVAC." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-UNIVAC.html JOHN DAINTITH. "UNIVAC." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-UNIVAC.html |
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UNIVAC
UNIVAC (ˈjuːnɪˌvæk) universal automatic computer
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNIVAC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNIVAC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-UNIVAC.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "UNIVAC." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-UNIVAC.html |
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