Ferranti Mark I computer

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The Ferranti Mark I computer was one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers, developed in the early 1950s from the Manchester Mark I design.

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instanceOf commercial computer
early British computer
general-purpose electronic computer
stored-program computer
alsoKnownAs Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I
architecture serial binary
basedOn Manchester Mark I
category first-generation computer
clockFrequency about 1 MHz
commercialAvailability one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
developer Ferranti
drumStorageCapacity several thousand 40-bit words on magnetic drum
era early 1950s
firstInstallationCountry United Kingdom
firstInstallationSite University of Manchester
historicalSignificance among the earliest stored-program computers sold commercially
influenced later Ferranti computers
influencedBy Manchester Baby
inputDevice paper tape reader
introductionYear 1951
locationOfDevelopment Manchester
University of Manchester
notableApplication early computer music experiments
mathematical research
scientific computation
notablePersonAssociated Alan Turing
Frederic C. Williams
Tom Kilburn
notableSoftware early compiler-like systems
numberBuilt a small number of machines
operatingPrinciple stored-program binary computation
outputDevice paper tape punch
teleprinter
powerSource vacuum tubes
primaryMemoryType Williams tube
programmingLanguageSupport machine code
secondaryMemoryType magnetic drum
storageCapacity tens of 40-bit words on Williams tubes
successor Ferranti Mark I*
Ferranti Mercury
technology thermionic valves
usedFor industrial calculations
university research
wordLength 40-bit word
plus 8-bit instruction

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Mary Lee Woods workedOn Ferranti Mark I computer
Conway Berners-Lee notableWork Ferranti Mark 1
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Ferranti notableWork Ferranti Mark 1
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Ferranti notableWork Ferranti Mark 1 Star
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Ferranti notableWork Ferranti Mercury
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Ferranti developed Ferranti Mark 1
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Ferranti developed Ferranti Mercury
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Ferranti collaboratedOn Manchester Mark 1 computer
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Ferranti commercialized Manchester Mark 1 design as Ferranti Mark 1
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Ferranti Mark I basedOn Manchester Mark I
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Ferranti Mark I alsoKnownAs Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I
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Ferranti Mark I successor Ferranti Mark I*
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Ferranti Mark I successor Ferranti Mercury
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Moore School Lectures on computing influenced Manchester Mark I
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