
A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 3
Lost Women of Science
The Enniac, a New Computer
The enniac was an electronic computer developed for the army. It could do 600 multiplications per hour, but it had potential to perform same work in two seconds. The Eniac used vacuum tubes instead of moving parts or mechanical switches. This is how we communicate with machines today - by turning them on and off.
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