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==Relationships and Family== | ==Relationships and Family== | ||
ENIAC-tan has one true heir, [[EDVAC | EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: EDSAC, Manchester Mark I, and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref> | ENIAC-tan has one true heir, [[EDVAC | EDVAC-tan]], who in turn has several copies or half-siblings: [[EDSAC | EDSAC-tan]], [[Manchester Mark I | Manchester Mark I]], and IAS-tan.<ref>EDVAC made by original ENIAC team. EDSAC, Manchester & IAS all derived from the "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC", sent to different organizations before completion.</ref> Her relationship with EDVAC-tan is close but fraught, while she is contemptuous toward IAS-tan, whom she blames both for personal betrayal and profaning computer-kind by releasing them to the wider world.<ref>Referencing the conflict surrounding ENIAC patent rights and attribution of invention of the stored program computer.</ref> | ||
She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC | ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC | BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL. | She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC | ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC | BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL. | ||