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5 days ago · In 1957, the station representation firm Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc., installed a UNIVAC to store information on programs, available spots, and rates for radio and television stations. While accounts of the emergence of magazine-style advertising focus on the costs of single sponsored programs, the reduction of costs involved in spot advertising must surely also be a factor ( Woodward 1957 ...
3 days ago · Computers, whose roots can be traced back into the early 20th century, had already played an important role in the days of war (Colosus, 1943, in the U.K.; ENIAC, 1945, in the U.S.), but soon after the advent of peace, they were introduced into industries and administrations (e.g., UNIVAC I, 1951, in the U.S.) where they grew in an exponential ...
1 day ago · Grace Murray Hopper at the UNIVAC keyboard, c. 1960. Hopper was an American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise UNIVAC I. the first commercial electronic computer, and naval applications for COBOL (common-business-oriented language).
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1 day ago · 1953. DYSEAC - an early machine capable of distributing computing. 1955. General Motors Operating System made for IBM 701 [2] MIT 's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103 [3] [4] 1956. GM-NAA I/O for IBM 704, based on General Motors Operating System.
5 days ago · The first UNIVAC was sold in 1951. The fifth machine (built for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission) was used by CBS to predict the result of the 1952 presidential election. With a sample of a mere 5.5% of the voter turnout, it famously predicted an Eisenhower landslide.
7 hours ago · 1) Question. Which of the following is an example of first generation computer? a) UNIVAC. b) IBM 1620. c) UNIVAC 1108.
