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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Manchester Baby → influenced → Ferranti Mark 1 ⓘ
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Tom Kilburn → notableWork → Ferranti Mark I ⓘ
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Dietrich Prinz → programmedFor → Ferranti Mark I ⓘ
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