Title :
ENIAC-a problem solver
Author :
Fritz, W. Barkley
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
This article provides a firsthand perspective on the use of ENIAC as a problem solver during its 10 years of successful operation as a working computer from November 1945 until October 1955. It provides a view of ENIAC´s place in history as well as information covering the people, the operation, the reliability, and aspects of the problem-preparation process. An appendix covers the complete range of problems handled by ENIAC
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; history; mainframes; numerical analysis; problem solving; reliability; ENIAC; history; operation; people; problem solver; problem-preparation process; reliability; working computer; Building materials; Cables; Government; History; Joining processes; Laboratories; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Problem-solving; Switches; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
