The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was also the name of a business unit and division of the Remington Rand company formed by the 1950 purchase of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation.
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The main first generation UNIVAC computers were:
Other machines like the UNIVAC 1104 were built just for the military and the predecessor of the NSA, many were classified and we may never learn about those.
uniac meaning is universal automatic computer
Electronic Numerical Integrator And ComputerElectronic Discrete Variable Automatic ComputerUNIVersal Automatic Computer
A UNIVAC I computer was accepted by the Bureau in 1951
There have been many UNIVAC computers over the years, from the UNIVAC I to the Sperry UNIVAC 1100 series machines and beyond. Can you be more specific?
On March 31, 1951, the Census Bureau accepted delivery of the first UNIVAC computer. The final cost of constructing the first UNIVAC was close to one million dollars. Forty-six UNIVAC computers were built for both government and business uses.