The February 1946 announcement of the fully electronic ENIAC
energized the project.The new machine, called the IBM Selective Sequence
Electronic Calculator (SSEC), was ready to be installed by August 1947.
Watson called such machines calculators because computer then referred
to humans employed to perform calculations and he wanted to convey the
message that IBM's machines were not designed to replace people. Rather
they were designed to help people, by relieving them of drudgery.
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