Related Historical Markers

By William Pfingsten

Historic photo of ENIAC

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Maryland, Harford County, Aberdeen — ENIAC —

The first large-scale, general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and computer) was delivered to the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL), Aberdeen Proving Ground, in 1947. Built by . . . — — Map (db m5434) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, University City — ENIAC —

ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly. It was built here at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. The invention of this first all-purpose digital computer signaled the birth . . . — — Map (db m82475) HM