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 ...

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 ...

In response to the June 15 Associated Press article discussing UNIVAC's 50th anniversary: I'm a very mature "data processing person" (a seldom-used term in the PC time frame; in fact, most current ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Life and Casualty Insurance Company ...

The Franklin Life Insurance Co. had to tear out windows and walls to accommodate Springfield’s first computer. Then it had to hire a derrick to hoist the “electronic brain” five floors up. Franklin ...

In 1954, GE Appliance Park in Louisville became the first private business in the U.S. to buy a UNIVAC I computer. The 30-ton computer, which was first used by the federal government, cost $1.2 ...

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of UNIVAC I, the world’s first commercial computer. Unisys Corp., an e-business solutions company whose roots go back to UNIVAC, yesterday ...