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ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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First electronic general-purpose digital computer
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University of Pennsylvania
Private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of founder and first president Benjamin Franklin, who had advocated for an…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
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