Question

Which is the correct meaning of UNIVAC?
1. Unvalued Automatic computer
2. Unique Automatic Computer
3. Universal Array Computer
4. Universal Automatic Computer

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Universal Automatic Computer

The correct answer is Universal Automatic Computer.

• UNIVAC stands for Universal Automatic Computer.
• The first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for robot business applications was the UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I). This computer was produced in the United States.
• The UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.
• They were the inventors of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer).
• The use of UNIVAC was to calculate sales records, company payrolls, and other company business. It could perform 90,000 transactions per month.
• In March 1951, the first Univac was accepted by the United States Census Bureau.