BINAC
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BINAC (Binary Automatic Computer) is an early electronic computer that was designed for Northrop Aircraft Company by the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) in 1949. Eckert and Mauchly had started the design of EDVAC at the University of Pennsylvania, but chose to leave and start EMCC, the first computer company in the United States. BINAC was their first product, the first stored-program computer in the United States; BINAC is also sometimes claimed to be the world's first commercial digital computer even though it was limited in scope and never fully functional after delivery.
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- Manufacturer
- Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
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- influenced by
- EDVAC
- inception
- 1949-00-00
- introduced feature
- stored-program computer
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O BINAC, o Binary Automatic Computer, foi um dos primeiros computadores eletrônicos, desenhado pela Northrop Aircraft Company pela Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, em 1949. Eckert e Mauchly, apesar de terem iniciado o projeto do EDVAC na Universidade da Pensilvânia, optaram por sair e começar a EMCC, a primeira companhia de computadores. O BINAC foi o seu primeiro produto, o primeiro computador de programas armazenados dos Estados Unidos e o primeiro computador digital comercial do mundo. Eckert considerava o BINAC uma espécie de protótipo do UNIVAC I.
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