UNIVAC
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This article is about the corporate organizations that built the UNIVAC lines of mainframe computers. For the original UNIVAC computer, see UNIVAC I. For university vaccination in Bangladesh, see COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh § University vaccination.
UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company and successor organizations.
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Also known as | Universal Automatic Computer |
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Release date | March 1951; 73 years ago (1951-03) |
Discontinued | 1986 |
Predecessor | ENIAC |
Successor | Unisys 2200 series |
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The BINAC, built by the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, was the first general-purpose computer for commercial use, but it was not a success. The last UNIVAC-badged computer was produced in 1986.