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One of the first commercially produced computers and earliest magnetic storage devices, was intended for high speed computing and purchased by the U.S Navy. -
IAS: Institute of Advanced Study, designed for scientific calculations towards the U.S. atomic weapons program. -
stands for Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine, used for science and engineering problems -
came from the idea of using a Flexowriter, an electronically controlled typewriter, as an input device. Later decided that keyboard input devices are convenient. Inventor : Doug Ross -
First Large-Scale computer communications network, used to detect incoming Soviet Bombers and direct interceptor aircraft to destroy them.