ORDVACThe ORDVAC (Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer), is an early computer built by the University of Illinois for the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground. It was a successor to the ENIAC (along with EDVAC built earlier). It was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann, which came to be known as the von Neumann architecture. The ORDVAC was the first computer to have a compiler.
EDVACEDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the earliest electroniccomputers. It was built by Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Along with ORDVAC, it was a successor to the ENIAC. Unlike ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal, and was designed to be a stored-program computer. ENIAC inventors, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, proposed the EDVAC's construction in August 1945.
JOHNNIACThe JOHNNIAC is an early computer built in 1953 by the RAND Corporation (not Remington Rand, maker of the contemporaneous UNIVAC I computer) and based on the von Neumann architecture that had been pioneered on the IAS machine. It was named in honor of von Neumann, short for John von NeumannNumerical Integrator and Automatic Computer.
Donald B. GilliesDonald Bruce Gillies (October 15, 1928 – July 17, 1975) was a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who worked in the fields of computer design, game theory, and minicomputerprogramming environments. Early life and educationDonald B. Gillies was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to John Zachariah Gillies (a Canadian) and Anne Isabelle Douglas MacQueen (an American).
John von NeumannJohn von Neumann ( ; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian and American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer. Von Neumann had perhaps the widest coverage of any mathematician of his time, integrating pure and applied sciences and making major contributions to many fields, including mathematics, physics, economics, computing, and statistics.
Princeton, New JerseyThe Municipality of Princeton is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of which are now defunct. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 30,681, an increase of 2,109 (+7.4%) from the 2010 census combined count of 28,572.
SupercomputerA supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.Institute for Advanced StudyThe Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is a center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry, designed and funded by the U.S. government, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Endowment, located in Princeton, New Jersey.
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPublic university in Illinois, USThe University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a publicland-grantresearch university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the founding campus and flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.Daniel SlotnickDaniel Leonid Slotnick (November 12, 1931 – October 25, 1985) was an American mathematician and computer architect.
United States ArmyLand service branch of the U.S. militaryMilitary unitThe United States Army (U.S. Army) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is designated as the army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As a part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one of the six armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
Abraham H. TaubAbraham Haskel Taub (; February 1, 1911 – August 9, 1999) was an American mathematician and physicist who made important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.