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How did the US computer ENIAC help the war effort?

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It did complex calculations needed to fire artillery!
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ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was one of the earliest computers ever made. ENIAC was primarily designed as a way to calculate artillery firing tables for the United States Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory. The computer started working on December 10, 1945. ENIAC was able to calculate a trajectory in 30 seconds, when it took a human 20 hours.

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