Who invented the ABC?

John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

How did the ABC store calculations?

by electronically burning holes in sheets of paper

What did the ENIAC do ?

to calculte the trajectory of artillary shells

a list of instructions written in a special language that a computer understands

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Question	Answer
What does ABC stand for?	Atanasoff Berry Computer
What was the first electronic computer?	the ABC
Who invented the ABC?	John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
The ABC used what number system?	bi-nary
How did the ABC store calculations?	by electronically burning holes in sheets of paper
What did the ENIAC do ?	to calculte the trajectory of artillary shells
The ENIAC sped up the process of a calculation from three days to what?	20 seconds
What is a program?	a list of instructions written in a special language that a computer understands