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3.%20The%20Era%20of%20Commercial%20Computers/ #10

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utterances-bot opened this issue Apr 18, 2024 · 1 comment
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3.%20The%20Era%20of%20Commercial%20Computers/ #10

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3. The Era of Commercial Computers

n 1947, Eckert and Mauchly, the developers of ENIAC and EDVAC, founded the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and introduced UNIVAC. Meanwhile, IBM launched the IBM 650, the first mass-produced computer, and developed foundational programming languages like Fortran and LISP. This marked the beginning of widespread commercial computing and software engineering in the 1950s...

https://fosscomics.com/3.%20The%20Era%20of%20Commercial%20Computers/

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In section 8 I noticed the following error:

"This computer used magnetic drums to store programs, which provided a faster access time than drum-based storage devices."

Surely you meant magnetic disks, which were an optional upgrade from the original drum-based storage.

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