UNIVAC I

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UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.

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instanceOf commercial electronic computer
first-generation computer
mainframe computer
stored-program computer
alsoKnownAs UNIVAC I
surface form: Universal Automatic Computer I
architecture binary
clockSpeed 2.25 MHz
commercialAvailability 1951
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designCompleted 1949
developer J. Presper Eckert
John W. Mauchly
era early 1950s
firstDelivered 1951
firstDeliveredTo Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
historicalSignificance helped establish the commercial computer industry
inception 1946
inputDevice UNISERVO magnetic tape drive
paper tape reader
mainMemoryCapacity 1000 words
12000 characters
manufacturer Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
Remington Rand
marketedBy Remington Rand
surface form: Remington Rand UNIVAC division
memoryType mercury delay-line memory
notableEvent predicted outcome of the 1952 U.S. presidential election
notableFor being among the first commercially available computers in the United States
pioneering large-scale electronic data processing
numberBuilt 46
numberOfVacuumTubes about 5200
outputDevice printer
powerConsumption about 125 kW
primaryUse business data processing
government data processing
large-scale data processing
programmingLanguage assembly language
machine code
storageMedium metal magnetic tape
successor UNIVAC II
tapeCapacity about 1.44 megabytes per reel
tapeSpeed 128 inches per second
technology vacuum tubes
usedBy United States Atomic Energy Commission
surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

United States Air Force
surface form: U.S. Air Force

United States Army
surface form: U.S. Army

United States Navy
surface form: U.S. Navy

Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau

private corporations
weight about 13 metric tons
wordLength 12 characters
72 bits

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John W. Mauchly notableWork UNIVAC I
John W. Mauchly coInventor UNIVAC I
Burroughs Corporation competitor UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
1960 United States census processingTechnology UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC computer systems
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation notableProduct UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC line of computers
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation associatedWith UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
BINAC influenced UNIVAC I
BINAC successor UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC series
Remington Rand product UNIVAC I
Remington Rand product UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC computer line
Mauchly coInvented UNIVAC I
subject surface form: John W. Mauchly
Mauchly developed UNIVAC I
subject surface form: John W. Mauchly
John hasPartInvention UNIVAC I
subject surface form: John W. Mauchly
this entity surface form: electronic numerical integrator and computer
Kathleen McNulty Mauchly workedOn UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
UNIVAC I alsoKnownAs UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: Universal Automatic Computer I
Control Data Corporation competedWith UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
BUNCH consistsOf UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
Sperry Corporation product UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC computers
Sperry Corporation owns UNIVAC I
this entity surface form: UNIVAC
FLOW-MATIC programming language targetHardware UNIVAC I
subject surface form: FLOW-MATIC
Amazing Grace employer UNIVAC I
subject surface form: Grace Hopper
this entity surface form: UNIVAC division of Sperry Rand