UNIVAC-1 1951

UNIVAC-1 the first commercially successful electronic computer UNIVAC 1, was also the first general purpose computer designed to handle both numeric and textual information. It was designed by J.Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. The implementation of the machine marked the real beginning of the computer era. Remington Rand delivered the first UNIVAC machine to the U.S. bureau of census in 1951. This machine used magnetic tape for input

• First successful commercial computer
• Design was derived from the ENIAC (same developers)
• Firs client=U.S bureau of the census 
• $1 million 
• 48 systems built