Disambiguation evidence for Ferranti Mark I computer via surface form

"Ferranti Mark I"


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Predicate Object
alsoKnownAs Manchester Electronic Computer Mark I NERFINISHED
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 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
instanceOf commercial computer
instanceOf early British computer
instanceOf general-purpose electronic computer
instanceOf stored-program computer
introductionYear 1951
locationOfDevelopment Manchester
locationOfDevelopment University of Manchester NERFINISHED
notableApplication early computer music experiments
notableApplication mathematical research
notableApplication scientific computation
notablePersonAssociated Alan Turing
notablePersonAssociated Frederic C. Williams NERFINISHED
notablePersonAssociated Tom Kilburn
notableSoftware early compiler-like systems
numberBuilt a small number of machines
operatingPrinciple stored-program binary computation
outputDevice paper tape punch
outputDevice 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
successor Ferranti Mercury NERFINISHED
technology thermionic valves
usedFor industrial calculations
usedFor university research
wordLength 40-bit word
wordLength plus 8-bit instruction