J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

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National Museum of American History

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J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly

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J. Presper Eckert (1919–1995) and John Mauchly (1907–1980) were coinventors of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the World War II-era computing device that launched the electronic computer revolution in the United States. They designed a device that, using some 18,000 vacuum tubes and thousands of other components, successfully calculated complex equations at electronic speed, a feat many believed impossible. This video is featured in the "Computer Pioneers" section of the American Enterprise exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (The video does not have an audio track). Section link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/videos/computer-pioneers Exhibition link: americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise

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55 sec

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2016-11-21T20:08:57.000Z

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