What was the first general-purpose electronic computer?
A. IBM 405
B. Zuse Z3
C. ENIAC
D. CSIRAC
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
Solution (By Examveda Team)
The first general purpose programmable electronic computer was the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), built by J. Presper Eckert and John V. Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania.This Question Belongs to Computer Fundamentals >> Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous
I think UNIVAC is correct answer.
ENIAC size was very big and they had used 18000 vacuum tubes in the making of this machine. How can it be described as general purpose electronic computer? Because for doing simple calculations they needed to change the vacuum tubes. I don't think it is right answer.