Birthdate: April 9, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 3, 1995
J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer known for designing the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC, alongside John Mauchly. He presented the first course in computing topics, co-founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC. One of Eckert’s notable contributions to computing was the invention of the mercury delay-line memory, which transformed computer memory technology and influenced modern computing systems.
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