Eric Nystrom

History professor at UNR; mining historian; open-source enthusiast; big nerd. ericnystrom.org

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Jeffrey YostJustCodeCulture
2022-12-01

UNIVAC or Universal Automatic Computer at the US Census in June 1951

This 1951 digital computer was the first designed and marketed for BOTH business and science & engineering. The first customer, the US Census. Hollerith machines transformed census processing beginning in 1890, and digital computing transformed it again beginning in '51. Photo: US Census Bureau

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Jaipreet Virdijaivirdi
2022-12-01

+ if you laugh at my (unfunny) jokes

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