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The UNIVAC, in 1951, was probably the first mainframe recognizable as such. Big boxes, tape drives, lots of I/O. For a brief time, "Univac" was synonymous with
by KerrAvon 4y ago
The UNIVAC, in 1951, was probably the first mainframe recognizable as such. Big boxes, tape drives, lots of I/O. For a brief time, "Univac" was synonymous with "computer". IBM quickly put a stop to that, of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC
- cwillu 4y agoHence Asimov's “The Last Question” referring to the computer as Multivac and variations thereof, culminating in “Universal AC”.