Which of the following statements hold(s) true regarding UNIVAC 1?
Statement 1 : It was the first commercial electronic computer developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
Statement 2 : It was also the first computer to handle both numeric and text data.
A Only Statement 1
B Only Statement 2
C Both Statement 1 and Statement 2
D Neither Statement 1 nor Statement 2
J Presper Eckert and John Mauchly fabricated the Eniac Device, not UNIVAC.
Ans 1:
Class : Class 6
C is the correct answer as UNIVAC was also another successful invention of John Mauchly and Presper Eckert which could handle both textual and numeric information. This was the first commercial computer whereas ENIAC was the first electronic computer.