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    The Atlas was one of the world's first supercomputers, in use from 1962 (when it was claimed to be the most powerful computer in the world) to 1972. Atlas's...
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    project, and the computer was shortly afterwards renamed Atlas, with the joint venture under the control of Tom Kilburn. The first Atlas was officially...
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    making maps Cartopedia – Atlas computer program Cloud atlas – Compendium of cloud types European Atlas of the Seas – Web-based atlas Fictitious entry – Deliberately...
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  • The Atlas Supervisor was the program which managed the allocation of processing resources of Manchester University's Atlas Computer so that the machine...
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  • ALGOL, it was developed by Tony Brooker and Derrick Morris for the Atlas computer. The initial AA and AB compilers were written by Jeff Rohl and Tony...
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  • Look up Atlas or atlas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: Atlas (DC Comics), several fictional...
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    The Atlas Computer Laboratory on the Harwell, Oxfordshire campus shared by the Harwell Laboratory was one of the major computer laboratories in the world...
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  • In computer graphics, a texture atlas (also called a spritesheet or an image sprite in 2D game development) is an image containing multiple smaller images...
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  • Department of Computer Science. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. "Atlas Architecture". Atlas Computer. Chilton: Atlas Computer Laboratory. Archived...
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  • ATLAS.ti is a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software that facilitates analysis of qualitative data for qualitative research, quantitative...
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  • The history of computer animation began as early as the 1940s and 1950s, when people began to experiment with computer graphics – most notably by John...
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  • Jack Howlett (category International Computers Limited people)
    1912 – 5 May 1999) was a British mathematician and computer scientist who was head of the Atlas Computer Laboratory for the duration of its existence. He...
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    add dynamic arrays, and which was later ported to the Ferranti Atlas of Atlas Computer Laboratory at Chilton. The 7030 was much slower than expected and...
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    Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered...
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    Blinkenlights (category Computer jargon)
    far as 1955 at IBM, and a copy was reported at London University's Atlas computer facility. Although the sign might initially appear to be in German and...
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    Titan was the prototype of the Atlas 2 computer developed by Ferranti and the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in Cambridge, England. It...
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  • SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket...
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    One day EB ‘Bart’ Fossey, an excellent hand-computer (still with what used to be called the Atlas Computer Laboratory), settled down beside the machine...
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    S2CID 11377060. T. Kilburn; R. B. Payne; D. J. Howarth (1962). "The Atlas Supervisor". Atlas Computer. Archived from the original on 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-02-09...
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  • I computer, a commercial development of the Manchester Mark 1 computer. He also designed the 100-nanosecond read-only memory for the Atlas computer. He...
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    Virtual memory (category Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester)
    Exploiting Giant Computers" to which Paul King and two others were sent. Stan Gill gave a presentation on virtual memory in the Atlas I computer. Paul King...
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    onboard computers. On April 16, 2024, Boston Dynamics announced the retirement of Atlas on their YouTube channel. A new, fully electric version of Atlas was...
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  • University as a lecturer in mathematics. During 1964–1970, he worked at the Atlas Computer Laboratory at Chilton, computing modular functions. Toward the end of...
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  • and mini computers". Byte. Vol. 3, no. 5. pp. 46, 170–173 – via Internet Archive. Hopgood, F. R. A. 1974, "TREE-META Manual", Atlas Computer Laboratory...
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    ligament (atlas visible at center) Atlas from above Atlas from above Atlas, inferior surface Computer generated 3D model of atlas Skull and atlas of Niassodon...
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    Einstein Torch Computers Triple X workstation Transam Triton Tuscan Difference engine Analytical Engine Bombe AEI 1010 APEXC Atlas (computer) Automatic Computing...
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  • CPL (programming language) (category University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory)
    in 1963, while it was being implemented on the Titan Computer at Cambridge and the Atlas Computer at London. It was heavily influenced by ALGOL 60, but...
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    UNIVAC 1101 (category Computer-related introductions in 1950)
    purchased ERA. Its (initial) military model, the ERA Atlas, was the first stored-program computer that was moved from its site of manufacture and successfully...
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    Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. The Atlas II was a...
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    stored-program computer MIT TX-0 Metrovick 950 Burroughs SM-65 Atlas ICBM Guidance Computer MOD1, AN/GSQ-33 (no relation to Manchester ATLAS) Ramo-Wooldridge...
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