9 April 1919: Happy Birthday, J. Presper Eckert

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

A great pioneer.

Text via Wikipedia.

[snip]

John Presper Eckert, a computer pioneer, was born April 9, 1919 in Philadelphia and died June 3, 1995 in Bryn Mawr, 
Pennsylvania.

Together with John W. Mauchly he constructed the ENIAC, sometimes considered the first electronic digital computer, 
from 1941-1945 (but see John Vincent Atanasoff and Atanasoff-Berry Computer for conflicting claims). Mauchly 
concentrated on the overall design while Eckert constructed the electronic circuits.

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http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/2006/04/9-april-1919-happy-birthday-j-presper.html

- ferg


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