ENIAC project

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computer development project military research project

The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ENIAC	18
ENIAC computer	1
ENIAC project canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer development project ⓘ military research project ⓘ
aimedToDevelop	general-purpose electronic digital computer ⓘ
basedOn	electronic digital computation principles ⓘ
contributedTo	advancement of numerical analysis ⓘ automation of military calculations ⓘ development of modern computer architecture ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	J. Presper Eckert ⓘ John W. Mauchly ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
field	computer science ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ military technology ⓘ
fundedBy	United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
genre	large-scale computing project ⓘ
hasPart	ENIAC project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ENIAC
hasProduct	ENIAC project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ENIAC computer
hasSubject	ballistics ⓘ electronic computing hardware ⓘ numerical computation ⓘ
inception	1943 ⓘ
influenced	EDVAC ⓘ surface form: EDVAC project stored-program computer design ⓘ
influencedBy	ballistics computation needs ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
location	Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableFor	being among the first general-purpose electronic digital computer projects ⓘ laying foundations for modern computing ⓘ
participant	J. Presper Eckert ⓘ John W. Mauchly ⓘ
purpose	compute artillery firing tables ⓘ perform complex numerical calculations ⓘ
significantEvent	completion of ENIAC in 1945 ⓘ public unveiling of ENIAC in 1946 ⓘ
sponsor	U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ⓘ
startTime	1943 ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
uses	decimal arithmetic ⓘ plugboard programming ⓘ vacuum tubes ⓘ