железo и люди
15:37 | 14-02-2010 | Culturology, Hardware, Sex | No Comments
14-го февраля не только умер святой Валентин, но и наконец-то заработал ENIAC:
ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was a Turing-complete, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. ENIAC was designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory, but its first use was in calculations for the hydrogen bomb. <...> The ENIAC’s design and construction were financed by the United States Army during World War II. The construction contract was signed on June 5, 1943, and work on the computer was begun in secret by the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering starting the following month under the code name “Project PX”. The completed machine was unveiled on February 14, 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania.
ну, а про то, что было дальше — вы и так знаете.