Eckert

American

[ek-ert] / ˈɛk ərt /

noun

John Presper 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.

Eckert British

/ ˈɛkət /

noun

John Presper. 1919–95, US electronics engineer: built the first electronic computer with John W. Mauchly in 1946

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Eckert Scientific

/ ĕk′ərt /

American engineer who contributed to the development of ENIAC (Electronic Numeral Integrator and Calculator), the first electronic computer (1946). He later helped develop one of the first computers to be sold commercially.

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Since then Saints have appealed unsuccessfully against the decision, with an independent commission ruling their boss Tonda Eckert had "specifically authorised the observations".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It was a side to Eckert we had not really seen before.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Eckert looked like he was the man to build a new era for Southampton in the Premier League.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Just two weeks ago, Tonda Eckert was a head coach who had the world at his feet.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Certainly that lucky pigeon had not fallen under the aim of Howard Eckert.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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