UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation.

The UNIVAC I was designed as a commercial data-processing computer, intended to replace the punched-card accounting machines of the day. It could read 7,200 decimal digits per second (it did …

Jul 20, 2010 · On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in the United States.

Jun 14, 2025 · Short for Universal Automatic Computer, the UNIVAC, a trademark of the Unisys corporation, is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes. It used punch cards …

Computing burst into popular culture with UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer), arguably the first computer to become a household name. A versatile, general-purpose machine, UNIVAC was the …

As the first commercially available computer and the first to store data on magnetic tape, the UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer) attracted substantial public interest and was a commercial success.

Jul 23, 2025 · UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is the first computer that was used for commercial purposes for the first time. It was developed by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer …

UNIVAC, the UNIVersal Automatic Computer, was the first computer built for general commercial use and used magnetic tape, rather than punch cards, to input and store data. John Presper Eckert and …

Oct 17, 2025 · After leaving the Moore School, Eckert and Mauchly struggled to obtain capital to build their latest design, a computer they called the Universal Automatic Computer, or UNIVAC.

Users of UNIVAC played an important role in the development of programming languages. This model of the UNIVAC I computer has 18 pieces and 3 miniature chairs, all attached to a heavy white plastic …