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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ferranti Mark 1 | 3 |
| Ferranti Mercury | 3 |
| Manchester Mark I | 2 |
| Ferranti Mark 1 Star | 1 |
| Ferranti Mark I computer canonical | 1 |
| Ferranti Mark I* | 1 |
| Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I | 1 |
| Manchester Mark 1 computer | 1 |
| Manchester Mark 1 design as Ferranti Mark 1 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial computer
ⓘ
early British computer ⓘ general-purpose electronic computer ⓘ stored-program computer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ferranti Mark I computer
ⓘ
surface form:
Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I
|
| architecture | serial binary ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ferranti Mark I computer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| 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 computer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ferranti Mark I*
Ferranti Mark I computer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ferranti Mercury
|
| technology | thermionic valves ⓘ |
| usedFor |
industrial calculations
ⓘ
university research ⓘ |
| wordLength |
40-bit word
ⓘ
plus 8-bit instruction ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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
this entity surface form:
Manchester Mark 1 computer
this entity surface form:
Manchester Mark 1 design as Ferranti Mark 1
subject surface form:
Ferranti Mark I
this entity surface form:
Manchester Mark I
subject surface form:
Ferranti Mark I
this entity surface form:
Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I
subject surface form:
Ferranti Mark I
this entity surface form:
Ferranti Mark I*
subject surface form:
Ferranti Mark I
this entity surface form:
Ferranti Mercury
this entity surface form:
Manchester Mark I