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ENIAC was designed for one purpose and one purpose only. The human computers at the Army's BRL at Aberdeen were totally overwhelmed computing firing tables for all the new models of Artillery and new conditions in which they operated in during WW2. ENIAC was supposed to do these calculations faster. Work began in 1942 but it was not completed until late 1945, so it was not able to contribute to the war. Its first big problem was simulation of Teller's "Classical Super" fusion bomb from December 1945 through January 1946, which showed that it could not work due to excessive radiative heat loss.

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