Computers (Mainframe/Early)
Electronic devices for storing and processing data using vacuum tubes or transistors.
Core metadata
- ID: computers_early
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1946 (exact)
- Region: University of Pennsylvania, United States
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Algorithms & Computation Theory (algorithms_computation_theory)
- Electronics (electronics)
- Mathematics (mathematics)
- Vacuum Tubes (Electron Control) (vacuum_tubes_electron_control)
Dependents
- Artificial Intelligence (Early) (artificial_intelligence_early)
- Automated Teller Machines (automated_teller_machines)
- Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) (ballistic_missiles_icbm)
- Clinical Laboratory Automation (clinical_laboratory_automation)
- Compiler Toolchains (compiler_toolchains)
- Computed Tomography (CT) (computed_tomography_ct)
- Computer Networking (computer_networking)
- Computer Vision (computer_vision)
- Data Centers (Early) (data_centers_early)
- Database Management Systems (database_management_systems)
- Encryption (Modern Cryptography, Public Key) (encryption_modern_cryptography_public_key)
- Modern Financial Derivatives (financial_derivatives)
- Hospital Information Systems (hospital_information_systems)
- Human Genome Project (DNA Mapping) (human_genome_project_dna_mapping)
- Information Theory (information_theory)
- Internet Protocols (TCP/IP, ARPANET) (internet_protocols_tcp_ip_arpanet)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (magnetic_resonance_imaging)
- Advanced Meteorology (meteorology_advanced)
- Numerical Control (Automated Machining) (numerical_control_automated_machining)
- Operating Systems (OS Computer Management) (operating_systems_os_computer_management)
- Perceptrons (perceptrons)
- Robotics (robotics)
- Satellite Technology (satellite_technology)
- Software Engineering (software_engineering)
- Space Flight (space_flight)
- Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control (spacecraft_guidance_navigation_control)
- Supercomputing (supercomputing)
- Time-Division Multiplexing (time_division_multiplexing)
- Virtualization (Early VM Tech) (virtualization_early_vm_tech)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- ENIAC (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: node, maturity
- Computer - ENIAC (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: node, maturity
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics (electronics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electronics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Mathematics (mathematics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Mathematics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Algorithms & Computation Theory (algorithms_computation_theory) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Algorithms & Computation Theory provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Vacuum Tubes (Electron Control) (vacuum_tubes_electron_control) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Vacuum Tubes (Electron Control) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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