Correct option is C
The correct answer is (c) Jay Presper Eckert
Explanation:
- ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
- It was designed and built by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Completed in 1945, it was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer.
- It occupied a large room (about 1800 square feet) and used thousands of vacuum tubes.
- ENIAC was significantly faster than the electromechanical computers of its time.
Information Booster:
- John von Neumann joined the project later and contributed to the concept of the stored-program computer.
- ENIAC was originally designed to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army.
Additional Knowledge:
Van Neumann (Option a)
- Famous for the 'Von Neumann Architecture' which is the basis of most modern computers.
Joseph M Jacquard (Option b)
- Developed the Jacquard Loom, which used punched cards to control patterns in weaving (early concept of programming).
So the correct answer is (c)