1951, Remington Rand delivered its first commercial computer, “UNIVAC I”
On this day June 14, 1951, Remington Rand delivered its first commercial computer, UNIVAC I. The “UNIVAC I” was the first general purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States.
The first Univac was accepted by the United States Census Bureau on March 31, 1951, and was dedicated on June 14 that year. The “UNIVAC I” was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC.
Design work was started by their company, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), and was completed after the company had been acquired by Remington Rand.
In the years before successor models of the UNIVAC I appeared, the machine was simply known as “the UNIVAC”.
In 1952, Presidential Election, the fifth machine built for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission was used CBS for the predict results.
The Census Bureau used its two systems until 1963, amounting to 12 and nine years of service, respectively. The insurance company Life and Casualty of Tennessee used its system until 1970, totaling over 13 years of service.
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