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Atanasoff Berry Computer
The Atanasoff Berry Computer, later named the ABC, was built at Iowa State University from 1939-1942 by physics professor Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff and his graduate student, Clifford Berry.
Operation/Purpose
Why did Atanasoff invent the ABC? What did he intend for it to do? Atanasoff was a professor of Mathematics and Physics, and the 1920s and 30s were a time of active discoveries and new theories for the scientific disciplines, but especially for the physics discipline. Atanasoff’s Ph.D. work, The Dielectric Constant of Helium, was a study in theoretical physics, published in the Physical Review Vol. 36(7) in 1930. Atanasoff’s work required a great deal of mathematical calculation, which he performed on a Monroe calculator, at the time an advanced calculating machine, but which still required hours and hours of calculations. Later, as a professor at Iowa State College, Atanasoff sought to increase the speed and accuracy of scientific calculations through the development of an electronic digital computer. This effort resulted in the ABC.
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The Atanasoff-Berry Computer
The First Electronic Computer
John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry