75 years ago, a room-sized machine changed the world: The story of UNIVAC I

This year marks 75 years since one of the most important machines in computing history was switched on for the very first ...
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The First Supercomputer Vs. 'The Desk Set'

UNIVAC, short for Universal Automatic Computer, was put into service 60 years ago this week. NPR librarian Kee Malesky says librarians have a... Now that we have handheld devices to do everything for ...
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Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks

Go to updated and illustrated post. __1952: __Television makes its first foray into predicting a presidential election based on computer analysis of early returns. The Univac computer makes an ...
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The First Supercomputer Vs. 'The Desk Set'

NPR librarian Kee Malesky has been dubbed "the source of all human knowledge," saving NPR hosts and reporters from themselves for 20 years. She shares her adventures from the reference desk in a ...