UNIVAC

UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) was a line of electronic digital stored-program computers starting with the products of the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation. Later the name was applied to a division of the Remington Rand company and successor organizations.

This article is about the corporate organizations that built the UNIVAC lines of mainframe computers. For the original UNIVAC computer, see UNIVAC I. For university vaccination in Bangladesh, see COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh § University vaccination.

UNIVAC
The UNIVAC I in use at the United States Census Bureau in 1951
Also known asUniversal Automatic Computer
Manufacturer
Release dateMarch 1951 (1951-03)
Discontinued1986
PredecessorENIAC
SuccessorUnisys 2200 series

The BINAC, built by the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, was the first general-purpose computer for commercial use, but it was not a success. The last UNIVAC-badged computer was produced in 1986.

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