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Which of the following was a special purpose computer?


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ABC

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ENIAC

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C

EDVAC

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A

ABC


ABC was a special purpose computer. Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), an early digital computer. It was introduced in 1937 is the first digital computer that was invented to do some specific task.

  • ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
  • It was built at the University of Pennsylvania at the behest of the U.S. military.
  • ENIAC was built by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.
  • EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the earliest electronic computers.
  • EDVAC was designed to be a stored-program computer.

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