EDSAC
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EDSAC was one of the earliest stored-program electronic computers, built at the University of Cambridge in the late 1940s and used primarily for scientific and mathematical research.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
binary digital computer
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early stored-program electronic computer ⓘ scientific computer ⓘ |
| architecture | von Neumann architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | stored-program concept ⓘ |
| category |
British computer
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early computer ⓘ university computer system ⓘ |
| clockSpeed | approximately 500 kHz ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decommissionYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| developer |
Maurice Wilkes
NERFINISHED
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University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 1940s ⓘ |
| firstRunDate | 1949-05-06 ⓘ |
| fullName | Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadAssembler | yes ⓘ |
| hasReplicaProject | EDSAC reconstruction at The National Museum of Computing GENERATED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped establish practical computing as a research tool
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influenced design of later British computers ⓘ |
| inputDevice | paper tape reader ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | EDVAC design ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, England
NERFINISHED
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| memoryType | mercury delay line memory ⓘ |
| museumDisplayLocation | The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being among the first practical stored-program computers
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early use in ballistics calculations ⓘ early use in computational biology ⓘ early use in numerical analysis ⓘ providing computing service to university researchers ⓘ |
| notableSoftware | one of the first assembly languages ⓘ |
| numberSystem | binary ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | decommissioned ⓘ |
| outputDevice |
paper tape punch
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teleprinter ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
mathematical research
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scientific research ⓘ university research computing ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | machine code ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| storageCapacity | initially 512 words ⓘ |
| successor | EDSAC 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | researchers at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| wordLength | 17-bit word ⓘ |
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