Univac

(processor, company)A brand of computer.

There is a historical placard in the United States CensusBureau that has the following, "The Bureau of the Censusdedicated the world's first electronic general purpose dataprocessing computer, UNIVAC I, on June 14, 1951.Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation".

The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and builtUnivac. Over the years, rights to the Univac name changedhands several times. Circa 1987, Sperry Univac merged withthe Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.

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UNIVAC➣Universal Automatic Computer (first mainframe computer for general business use; designed by Mauchly and Eckert)

UNIVAC➣Universal Automatic Calculator