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 …

Mar 5, 2019 · The Universal Automatic Computer or UNIVAC was a computer milestone achieved by Dr. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly, the team that invented the ENIAC computer.

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 …

the univac, short for universal automatic computer, represented a significant leap forward. unlike its predecessors, it was conceived as a general-purpose computer, designed for commercial and …

Dec 6, 2019 · 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 …

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 …

Dec 10, 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.