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ENIAC
Shown here behind camera-unfriendly glass is one of the 40 panels that made up the ENIAC, a computer designed to calculate firing tables for artillery during World War II.
The ENIAC project was significant in that its programmers were mostly women. At the time, software programming was seen as less important than hardware design and, therefore, was appropriate work for women who were already fit for other clerical jobs; this was in spite of the advanced mathematical training required of ENIAC programmers.
The ENIAC is also an example of computer history being advanced by government sponsored innovation.
ENIAC
Shown here behind camera-unfriendly glass is one of the 40 panels that made up the ENIAC, a computer designed to calculate firing tables for artillery during World War II.
The ENIAC project was significant in that its programmers were mostly women. At the time, software programming was seen as less important than hardware design and, therefore, was appropriate work for women who were already fit for other clerical jobs; this was in spite of the advanced mathematical training required of ENIAC programmers.
The ENIAC is also an example of computer history being advanced by government sponsored innovation.