Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) Vehicle Identification Numbers are unique codes given to each on-road vehicle in the United States. From 1981, each new car is given a standardized 17-digit code, which includes a serial number. Older cars may have VINs too, although they will not follow the standardized formula.
The vacuum tube (known as a 'valve' in the UK) is an interesting component that made many important technologies possible and it is still used in many things. There are many kinds of vacuum tubes for different jobs. Most types of vacuum tubes have been replaced by semiconductor devices, however vacuum tubes will occupy an important role in the future in the field of nanotechnology. All 'tubes' basically consist of an anode and cathode in a gas or vacuum environment.
The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.irst mechanical computer or automatic computing engine concept. In 1822, Charles Babbage conceptualized and began developing the Difference Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing machine. The Difference Engine was capable of computing several sets of numbers and making hard copies of the results.