Memorial Tributes Volume 2 (1984) / Chapter Skim
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John Mauchly was a pioneer of automatic computing, particularly in the design and construction of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) , the world's first all-electronic computer, and of the Binary Automatic Computer (BINAC)
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Development of ENIAC was completed in 1946. In the fall of 1944 the Moore School was awarded a contract to study the design of a stored program computer called the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)
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Mauchly and Eckert in 1946 who developed the first operational all-electronic computer, the ENIAC, the precursor of all that was to follow. Following the work on UNIVAC, John Mauchly returned to statistical analysis of solar and geophysical data, and under his guidance the first Fortran-like programming system was produced.
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He had a great sense of humor and loved puns. " John Mauchly was a warm human being with an incredibly wide range of interests and achievements.
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