International Computers and Tabulators
E122042
International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Computers and Tabulators canonical | 3 |
| British Tabulating Machine Company | 2 |
| International Computers & Tabulators | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1035648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: International Computers and Tabulators Context triple: [Conway Berners-Lee, employer, International Computers and Tabulators]
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A.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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B.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
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C.
Ferranti Mark I computer
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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D.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
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E.
ENIAC project
The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: International Computers and Tabulators Target entity description: International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
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A.
EDVAC
EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.
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B.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
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C.
Ferranti Mark I computer
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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D.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
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E.
ENIAC project
The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British company
ⓘ
computer manufacturer ⓘ |
| activity |
design of mainframe computers
ⓘ
development of business data processing systems ⓘ manufacture of mainframe computers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
International Computers Limited
ⓘ
surface form:
ICT Ltd
International Computers and Tabulators ⓘ
surface form:
International Computers & Tabulators
|
| businessModel | sale and leasing of computer systems ⓘ |
| computingParadigm | batch processing ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| customerType |
government agencies
ⓘ
large enterprises ⓘ |
| dataInputMethod |
magnetic tape
ⓘ
punched cards ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1968 ⓘ |
| era | early mainframe era ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the principal British computer manufacturers of the 1960s ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| marketFocus |
commercial data processing
ⓘ
government data processing ⓘ |
| mergedInto | International Computers Limited ⓘ |
| mergerYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
ICT 1201
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ICT 1301 ⓘ ICT 1500 series ⓘ ICT 1900 series ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfter1968 | International Computers Limited ⓘ |
| predecessor |
International Computers and Tabulators
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
British Tabulating Machine Company
Powers-Samas ⓘ |
| productType |
business computers
ⓘ
mainframe computers ⓘ punched card equipment ⓘ |
| reasonForMerger | rationalisation of the British computer industry ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Europe
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| shortName | ICT ⓘ |
| status | defunct company ⓘ |
| successor | International Computers Limited ⓘ |
| technology |
punched card technology
ⓘ
transistor-based computers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: International Computers and Tabulators Description of subject: International Computers and Tabulators was a major British computer manufacturer formed in the late 1950s, known for producing early mainframe and business computers before eventually becoming part of ICL.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.