PRINTER'S NO. 3582
No. 305 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY POTT, WIGGINS, J. L. WRIGHT, COHEN, ROEBUCK,
PETRONE, FARGO, COWELL, ANGSTADT, MRKONIC, JACKSON, KOSINSKI,
NAHILL, LESCOVITZ, MORRIS, BOOK, GEIST, DISTLER, WESTON,
LASHINGER, PISTELLA, BATTISTO, WOGAN, DeLUCA, NOYE, FATTAH,
SIRIANNI, WILSON, CARLSON, McVERRY, LANGTRY, MICOZZIE,
JOHNSON, SAURMAN, HERSHEY, BURD, E. Z. TAYLOR, KENNEY,
FISCHER, SEVENTY, BROUJOS, MAYERNIK, ITKIN, VROON, COLAFELLA,
RICHARDSON AND FOX, JUNE 3, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 5, 1986
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the development of the
2 world's first all-electronic computing device.
3 WHEREAS, An engineering research team at the Moore School of
4 Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania began
5 working in the Spring of 1943 on an electronic computing device;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, Two and one-half years later, on February 14, 1946,
8 ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the
9 world's first all-electronic, large scale, general purpose
10 digital computer was unveiled in Philadelphia; and
11 WHEREAS, ENIAC was the largest electronic machine in the
12 world and it could perform computations 1,000 times faster than
13 any other machine then in existence; and
14 WHEREAS, A new epoch in the history of human thought dawned
15 with the development of ENIAC; and
1 WHEREAS, ENIAC's first assignment--a nuclear physics problem
2 that would have required an estimated 100 men and women working
3 for one year to solve--was accomplished in two hours; and
4 WHEREAS, In 1984 ENIAC's role in the history of technology
5 was recognized by the National Society of Professional
6 Engineers, which named it one of the ten most outstanding
7 engineering developments of the past half century; and
8 WHEREAS, A celebration commemorating the 40th Anniversary of
9 ENIAC is scheduled to be held by the University of Pennsylvania
10 in October 1986; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives join with the
12 University of Pennsylvania in commemorating the 40th Anniversary
13 of ENIAC.
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