
ENIAC
Posted by:
deano1943
N 39° 30.388 W 076° 09.202
18S E 400842 N 4373617
Quick Description: The ENIAC Historical Marker is along MD 22 in Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland.
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 9/16/2009 6:28:52 PM
Waymark Code: WM781C
Views: 91
Long Description:ENIAC Historical Marker is located along MD 22 near the Aberdeen
Proving Ground, in Aberdeen, Maryland.
ENIAC Historical Marker reads as follows:
ENIAC
The first large - scale, General - Purpose Electronic Digital
Computer. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was
delivered to the US Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL),
Aberdeen Proving Ground, in 1947. Built by the University of
Pennsylvania under an Army Ordiance corps contract with Technical
Supervision by BRL. ENIAC calculated artillery firing tables and
performed computations on scientific problems until decommissioned
in 1955.