Ferranti Mark I computer
E99166
commercial computer
early British computer
general-purpose electronic computer
stored-program 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.
Aliases (6)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial computer
→
early British computer → general-purpose electronic computer → stored-program computer → |
| alsoKnownAs | Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I NERFINISHED → |
| architecture | serial binary → |
| basedOn |
Ferranti Mark I computer
→
surface form: "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 NERFINISHED → |
| drumStorageCapacity | several thousand 40-bit words on magnetic drum → |
| era | early 1950s → |
| firstInstallationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| firstInstallationSite | University of Manchester NERFINISHED → |
| 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 NERFINISHED → |
| notableApplication |
early computer music experiments
→
mathematical research → scientific computation → |
| notablePersonAssociated |
Alan Turing
→
Frederic C. Williams NERFINISHED → 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*
NERFINISHED
→
Ferranti Mercury NERFINISHED → |
| technology | thermionic valves → |
| usedFor |
industrial calculations
→
university research → |
| wordLength |
40-bit word
→
plus 8-bit instruction → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Ferranti Mark I"
this entity surface form: "Manchester Mark I"
this entity surface form: "Manchester Mark 1 design as Ferranti Mark 1"
this entity surface form: "Ferranti Mark 1"
this entity surface form: "Ferranti Mark 1"
this entity surface form: "Ferranti Mark 1 Star"
this entity surface form: "Ferranti Mercury"