This year marks 75 years since one of the most important machines in computing history was switched on for the very first time. On June 14, 1951, the UNIVAC I, short for Universal Automatic Computer, ...

In the 1950s, the UNIVAC mainframe became synonymous with the term "computer." For a generation of TV watchers in the 1950s, UNIVAC <i>was</i> America's first computer. But a recent biography of one ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Engineers J. Presper Eckert and John ...

As we head into Super Tuesday, this month's look back at the history of cybersecurity and computing examines when a computer predicted some unbelievable results for the 1952 presidential election.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early commercial computers sold by ...

Sixty years ago, computers were used for the first time to predict the outcome of a presidential race. CBS used the UNIVAC, one of the first... The Night A Computer Predicted The Next President Some ...

Univac computer console and IBM equipment, October 1956. Lawrence Livermore accepted delivery of its first computer—a Univac—in 1952, the year of the Laboratory's founding. Image courtesy of Lawrence ...