Eckert, J(ohn) Presper, Jr.
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died June 3, 1995, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
U.S. engineer.
He studied at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1946 he and John W. Mauchly built a digital computer, the
ENIAC, which contained a primitive form of the circuitry used in present-day high-speed computers. In 1949 they introduced the BINAC (Binary Automatic Computer). Their third model, UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer), found many uses in commerce. Eckert received 85 patents and in 1969 was awarded the National Medal of Science.
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