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Word: presper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...huge gadget was known as the "electronic numerical integrator and computer." Its inventors-Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert-called it "eniac." For their blue-ribbon audience, they demonstrated how eniac could compute the trajectory of a shell in less time than it would take the shell to reach its target. Thus, in a trice, eniac showed its superiority over all its predecessors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Eniac | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

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