What was the first electronic computer called?
Category: Knowledge · Difficulty: medium
Hint: It was developed in the 1940s.
Answer
ENIAC
Explanation
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer.
This is a medium knowledge riddle — a moderate challenge for most people. The answer is ENIAC.
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