UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation.

The UNIVAC I was designed as a commercial data-processing computer, intended to replace the punched-card accounting machines of the day. It could read 7,200 decimal digits per second (it did …

Jun 14, 2025 · Short for Universal Automatic Computer, the UNIVAC, a trademark of the Unisys corporation, is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes. It used punch cards …

Mar 5, 2019 · The Universal Automatic Computer or UNIVAC was a computer milestone achieved by Dr. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly, the team that invented the ENIAC computer.

Jul 20, 2010 · On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in the United States.

Sep 18, 2011 · In the 1950s, the UNIVAC mainframe became synonymous with the term "computer.” It was November 4, 1952, and Americans huddled in their living rooms to follow the results of the …

Computing burst into popular culture with UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer), arguably the first computer to become a household name. A versatile, general-purpose machine, UNIVAC was the …

Aug 14, 2024 · UNIVAC was, effectively, an updated version of ENIAC. Data could be input using magnetic computer tape (and, by the early 1950's, punch cards). It was tabulated using vacuum …

Jul 23, 2025 · UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is the first computer that was used for commercial purposes for the first time. It was developed by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer …

The UNIVAC I, introduced on March 31, 1951, stands as the first commercial electronic computer, marking a pivotal moment in computing history.