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The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?

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100
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20
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40
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80
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None of the above
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The correct option is B 20

The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. 20 numbers could it store in its internal memory.

ENIAC, in full Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States.

John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the scientists credited with the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, which was completed in 1946. ... J. Presper Eckert Jr. was born on April 9, 1919 in Philadelphia.

In 1942, physicist John Mauchly proposed an all-electronic calculating machine. ... The result was ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), built between 1943 and 1945—the first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed without being slowed by any mechanical parts.


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