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=== Atanasoff–Berry Computer ===
[[Image:Atanasoff-Berry Computer at Durhum Center.jpg|thumb|[[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] replica on 1st floor of Durham Center, Iowa State University]]
Iowa State is the birthplace of the first electronic digital computer, starting the world's computer technology revolution.  Invented by mathematics and physics professor [[John Atanasoff]] and engineering graduate student [[Clifford Berry]] during 1937–42, the [[Atanasoff–Berry Computer]] pioneered important elements of modern computing.<ref name="auto"/>

On October 19, 1973, U.S. [[Federal Judge]] [[Earl R. Larson]] signed his decision following a lengthy court trial which declared the [[ENIAC]] patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid and named Atanasoff the [[inventor]] of the electronic digital computer—the Atanasoff–Berry Computer or the ABC.<ref name="auto"/>

An ABC Team consisting of Ames Laboratory and Iowa State engineers, technicians, researchers and students unveiled a working replica of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer in 1997 which can be seen on display on campus in the Durham Computation Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1975.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607152755/http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/timeline-1975.html|url-status=dead|title=History of Iowa State Time Line, 1975-2008. Iowa State University Website|archivedate=June 7, 2011}}</ref>