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The First Computer Program

Patented: History of Inventions

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On the 28th of April 1948, Clara von Neumann wrote the first computer code. The Eniac was a 30 ton machine that crunched through equations to predict path neutrons will take inside nuclear weapons. Her part in computing has been overlooked until recently but now historians are giving her recognition she deserves. Dallas Campbell and On a Know Bhattacharya join us for this week's podcast.

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