Four fast facts about first computer from @pennengineering

An expert from the University of Pennsylvania introduces the ENIAC computer on its 80th anniversary and presents four fast facts about it. He explains its significance as the first general-purpose computer, highlights that it was programmed by a team of women, shares an anecdote about its mouse-proof wiring, and details its incredible speed due to using electrons and vacuum tubes, before concluding with a celebratory cheer.

Creator: @pennengineering on Instagram

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Talking Head Edit

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Hi. I'm Paul Schafer.

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A man stands in front of a massive, vintage, room-sized computer, establishing a unique and historically significant setting.

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Topics: Tech, History, Engineering, Science

Concepts: Rapid Fire Listicle, Breakdown, Nostalgia Highlight

Formats: Talking Head Edit

Elements: B-Roll Cutaway, Archival Footage, Promotional End Card

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Hi. I'm Paul Schafer. I'm here at the University of Pennsylvania at the world's first computer. We're getting ready to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of its introduction, and here's four fast facts all about it. The ENIAC, or electronic numerical integrator and computer, was the world's first electronic general purpose computer. It could be programmed to solve all kinds of different problems, not just one specific problem. It was programmed by a team of women, the world's first computer programmers. With no software, they programmed ENIAC by changing patch cords and setting switches. ENIAC's wiring was chosen in a mouse test. Engineers offered mice different insulated wires and went with the one the mice refused to chew. The reason that the ENIAC is the beginning of the age of information is because it uses electrons and not atoms to do the calculations. The electrons are moving at the speed of light, and they're very, very fast. With almost 18,000 vacuum tubes, it was able to do a calculation that took twelve hours in just thirty seconds. So for all the computer users out there in the audience who enjoy using computers, let's give a big cheer for the very first computer, the

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