Manchester Baby

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Manchester Baby was an early experimental stored-program computer built at the University of Manchester in 1948, widely regarded as the first machine to successfully run a stored program electronically.

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Manchester Baby canonical 4

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instanceOf experimental computer ⓘ
prototype computer ⓘ
stored-program computer ⓘ
abbreviation SSEM ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Small-Scale Experimental Machine ⓘ
architecture binary ⓘ
serial ⓘ
clockSpeedHertz 1000 ⓘ
completionDate 1948-06-21 ⓘ
controlType stored-program control ⓘ
depthMeters 1.0 ⓘ
designedBy Frederic C. Williams ⓘ
Geoff Tootill ⓘ
Tom Kilburn ⓘ
developedAt University of Manchester ⓘ
developedIn Manchester ⓘ
developedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
dismantledInYear 1949 ⓘ
field computer science history ⓘ
firstProgramTask finding the highest proper factor of a number ⓘ
firstSuccessfulRunDate 1948-06-21 ⓘ
hasReplicaAt Science and Industry Museum, Manchester ⓘ
The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park ⓘ
heightMeters 2.0 ⓘ
influenced Ferranti Mark 1 ⓘ
Manchester Mark I ⓘ
linked to: Manchester Mark 1
instructionSetSize 7 ⓘ
isConsidered first electronic stored-program computer to run a program ⓘ
memoryOrganization single Williams tube for both data and instructions ⓘ
numberOfWords 32 ⓘ
operatedBy Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Manchester ⓘ
operatingPrinciple stored program held in electronic memory ⓘ
outputMethod cathode-ray tube display ⓘ
powerConsumptionWatts 3500 ⓘ
primaryMemoryCapacityBits 1024 ⓘ
programInputMethod manual switch entry ⓘ
purpose test Williams–Kilburn tube memory ⓘ
significance milestone in development of modern computers ⓘ
status dismantled ⓘ
usedMemoryType Williams–Kilburn tube ⓘ
usedTechnology Williams tube ⓘ
vacuum tubes ⓘ
weightKilograms 1000 ⓘ
widthMeters 5.0 ⓘ
wordLengthBits 32 ⓘ
yearCompleted 1948 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ferranti Mark I → influencedBy → Manchester Baby ⓘ
subject linked to: Ferranti Mark I computer
Williams tube → usedIn → Manchester Baby ⓘ
Frederic C. Williams → contributedTo → Manchester Baby ⓘ
Tom Kilburn → notableWork → Manchester Baby ⓘ