Mr. John Adam Presper Eckert, Jr.
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(b.) -1919 April 09(d.)1995 June 03
Bio/Description
He was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the first commercial computer company (the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation), and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay line memory.
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Date of Birth:
1919 April 09 -
Date of Death:
1995 June 03 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer - ENIAC -
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