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Uncommon card · History
J. Presper Eckert, an Uncommon card
John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, presented the first course in computing topics, founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The J. Presper Eckert article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get J. Presper Eckert
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, J. Presper Eckert (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
