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Word: hackerwear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1986-1986
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...last week McNulty (now the widowed Mrs. John Mauchly), Eckert and 500 computer enthusiasts gathered at a "black-tie optional and hackerwear essential" party at Boston's Computer Museum to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the first all-electronic digital computer. On that day in 1946, ENIAC in 20 seconds performed a mathematical calculation that would otherwise have required 40 girl hours to complete. Newspapers headlined the performance. It "solves the unsolvable," reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. Indeed, many experts mark ENIAC's feat as the beginning of the modern computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: A Birthday Party for Eniac | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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