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The 31 pages that link to ENIAC, each with the reason it gives.

• Monte Carlo methodRelated: Its computing capacity made large batches of Monte Carlo calculations feasible.

• Central processing unitCompared with: Its original programming method contrasts with the stored-program CPUs that followed.

• University of PennsylvaniaBroader topic: ENIAC is a landmark example of research conducted at Penn.

• Stored-program computerCompared with: Its original programming method shows what stored-program design replaced.

• Computer scienceBroader topic: It exemplified the transition from theoretical computing ideas to large electronic machines.

• Charles BabbageRelated: Its electronic implementation contrasts with Babbage’s proposed mechanical approach.

• History of computingBroader topic: Its plugboard programming shows the transition from electronic calculation to reconfigurable computing.

• Von Neumann architectureCompared with: Its original programming method contrasts with the stored instructions of the emerging design.

• Association for Computing MachineryRelated: Its development exemplifies the machine-building work that helped define early computing communities.

• EDVACRelated: The Moore School team’s experience with ENIAC informed EDVAC’s development.

• Digital computerBroader topic: ENIAC demonstrated the speed of electronic digital computation before stored-program designs prevailed.

• Sorting algorithmRelated: Its wartime computing work included machine sorting tasks.

• UNIVAC ICompared with: ENIAC preceded UNIVAC I and established its designers’ electronic-computing expertise.

• John MauchlyBroader topic: Mauchly co-designed this machine, whose vacuum-tube arithmetic made computation far faster than electromechanical methods.

• Digital RevolutionBroader topic: ENIAC showed that electronic machines could perform complex calculations at unprecedented speed.

• Imperative programmingBroader topic: Its early programming practices illustrate the physical origins of sequential computation.

• EDSACCompared with: Unlike ENIAC’s original configuration, EDSAC was designed from the outset as a stored-program computer.

• Harvard Mark ICompared with: ENIAC used electronic circuitry and was substantially faster than the electromechanical Mark I.

• J. Presper EckertBroader topic: Eckert and Mauchly designed this landmark machine for U.S. Army ballistic calculations.

• Jean BartikRelated: Bartik helped program ENIAC, configuring its wiring and switches for calculations.

• Computer (electronic device)Broader topic: It demonstrated the speed and scale of electronic computation.

• Kathleen AntonelliNarrower topic: Antonelli’s best-known work was programming this machine.

• Tommy FlowersCompared with: Its public postwar prominence contrasts with Colossus's earlier but long-secret wartime operation.

• ColossusCompared with: ENIAC was designed for broader numerical computation; Colossus specialized in cryptanalysis.

• John Vincent AtanasoffCompared with: Its patent history was challenged using evidence about Atanasoff’s earlier machine.

• Betty HolbertonNarrower topic: Programming ENIAC established Holberton's reputation and began her career in computing.

• Douglas HartreeBroader topic: Hartree helped bring ENIAC to scientific attention and used it for numerical calculations.

• Computer (human calculator)Compared with: ENIAC shifted the word “computer” toward machines, while human operators still programmed and ran it.

• Computer science and engineeringBroader topic: Its construction exemplified the convergence of electronics and programmable computation.

• History of computing hardwareBroader topic: ENIAC made vacuum-tube electronic computation a visible engineering achievement.

• History of softwareBroader topic: Programming ENIAC required rewiring its circuits, revealing the costs of machine-specific methods.