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|hname =  
|hname =  
|debut = Early 2010
|debut = Early 2010
|height = 5'7''
|height = ~6'  
|haircolor= Black
|haircolor= Black
|eyecolor= Gray-green
|eyecolor= Red
|weapon = N/A
|weapon = N/A
|apfaction = Formerly unaligned, currently [[Deceased | deceased]]
|apfaction = Univac clan (founder)
|lineage= Independant
|lineage= Independent
|rival= N/A
|rival= [[IAS]]


|osper = ENIAC computer
|osper = ENIAC
|osdev = University of Pennsylvania, US Army
|osdev = University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Army
|reldate = February 14, 1946
|reldate = February 14, 1946
|lastrel = Unknown
|lastrel = Ca. 1950s
}}
}}


==Technical details==
==Technical details==
Built over a span of several years (1943 - 1946) the ENIAC was the first general-purpose, reprogrammable Turing-compatible digital computer. It was over one thousand times faster than the electromechanical calculating devices it replaced; making it perhaps the largest leap in power in computing history.  
ENIAC was the first general-purpose, programmable digital computer.


==Character details==
==Character details==
===General===
===Physical===
ENIAC-tan is one of the earliest computer-tans, created in-universe as an artificial human using was then largely untested technology, she was chronically sickly, mentally unstable, suffered from anterograde amnesia, and always needed staff to look after her. Despite her shortcomings, she was a mathematician created to do mathematical work too difficult for humans to do, and worked for the US Army in WWII.  
ENIAC-tan is depicted as an automaton<ref>Dual allusion to the simple, modular nature of ENIAC and a hint at something transcendental or supernatural about ENIAC-tan.</ref> with a jointed doll-style body. She's tall and lanky with a a medium olive complexion, and shoulder length black hair styled into curls/rolls. Her torso, legs and arms have sections of exposed metal, sockets and wires but these parts are generally hidden to all but her technicians.  


Physically, ENIAC-tan is depicted as a rather tall, dark-complexioned woman. Her hair and outfit are all solid black; her outfits are elaborate Greco-Roman style decorated with black jewels, her hair is braided and veiled. She has many rings on each of her fingers, she used the rings as her own counting system, but also has a love for gaudy jewelry. Her dresses are so elaborate that mice have been known to nest in them, and she needs help from her staff to shoo them away. Another quirk of hers as such an early computer-tan is that she uses decimal instead of binary.
She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.


Many computer-tans of her generation had short lifespans; some 5 years or less; they after their purpose was served by their creators, their hardware decommissioned. ENIAC-tan lived relatively long, being born in 1943, and died in 1955 from a lightning strike.
After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, period Women's Army Corps uniforms were incorporated into her wardrobe,  albeit modified to suit her sense of style.
 
Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>
 
==Personality==
ENIAC-tan is prim and proper with a regal bearing that comes off as intimidating whether or not she's trying. She has a bit of a well-founded superiority complex as a computer, but is gracious and patient with her caretakers. She became more relaxed and sociable with time, but has trust issues, and does not forget or forgive offenses. She's deeply philosophical about the nature and duty of computers and ruminates frequently on her own purpose and place in the cosmos and that of others.  


===Relationships and family===
===Relationships and family===
Because of her status as one of the first computer-tans, ENIAC-tan had few computer peers with whom she could socialize. She is notable for having a near-entirely female staff of programmers and operators, a rather rare situation in her day (or any time period, for that matter).
ENIAC-tan has one true "daughter"/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>
 
She socialized with more computers once she moved, becoming close with [[ORDVAC | ORDVAC-tan]] and [[BRLESC | BRLESC-tan]] at the BRL.  


ENIAC-tan left no direct descendants, although it is said that [[Whirlwind]]-tan's creation was loosely inspired by her.  
She is the matriarch of the Univac clan.<ref>Shared creative teams.</ref>


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