The year 1946 is significant in computing history as it marks the unveiling of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers. Developed by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania, ENIAC was designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.
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