The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
A)was the first general-purpose commercial computer built in the United States.
B)could calculate 500 times faster than the existing electromechanical calculators.
C)predicted that Eisenhower would win the election.
D)was developed just before World War II.

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ENIAC was developed during World War II as a project of the United States Army. It was not a commercial computer and did not make political predictions. However, it was much faster than existing electromechanical calculators, able to calculate in one second what would take a person 20 hours to do by hand.