Many people know Philadelphia is home to the world’s first all-electronic, programmable computer.
The ENIAC — for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer — was developed at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. What you may not know: That famous number cruncher was just the beginning for computer developments in Philadelphia.
“Philly is definitely the birthplace of electronic computing,” Jim Scherrer told Technical.ly. He’s the founder of the Compuseum, a nonprofit focused on computer history and education. “So the ENIAC ushered in this dawn of the computer age, and we haven’t looked back.”
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