thousands of units. By the early 1960s vacuum tube computers were obsolete, superseded by second-generation transistorized computers. Much of what we now...
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Vacuum-tube computers, now called first-generation computers, are programmable digital computers using vacuum-tube logic circuitry. They were preceded...
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A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America), is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between...
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This is a list of vacuum tubes or thermionic valves, and low-pressure gas-filled tubes, or discharge tubes. Before the advent of semiconductor devices...
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was subsequently exhibited at the Computer History Museum. History of computing hardware List of vacuum-tube computers Mikhail Kravchuk "JVA - Computing...
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Lists of computers cover computers, or programmable machines, by period, type, vendor and region. List of vacuum tube computers List of transistorized...
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Strela computer (Russian: ЭВМ Стрела, lit. 'Arrow') was the first mainframe vacuum-tube computer manufactured serially in the Soviet Union, beginning...
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UNIVAC 1102 (category Vacuum tube computers)
compilers were never developed). List of UNIVAC products History of computing hardware List of vacuum-tube computers Weik, Martin H. (December 1955)....
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A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a...
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problems easier than writing machine code, and reportedly did so. List of vacuum-tube computers Hans Dieter Hellige (ed.): Geschichten der Informatik. Visionen...
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TIFRAC (redirect from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator)
small analog computer in 1953, which is technically the first computer in India. List of vacuum tube computers "The Fascinating Story of How India's First...
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ENIAC (redirect from Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer)
February 15, 2016. History of computing History of computing hardware Women in computing List of vacuum-tube computers Military computers Unisys Arthur Burks...
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IAS machine (redirect from IAS (computer))
tube computers "The IAS Computer, 1952". National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Deepali A.Godse; Atul P.Godse (2010). Computer...
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DYSEAC (category Vacuum tube computers)
about 20 short tons (18 t). SEAC List of vacuum-tube computers "9. Bureau of Standards Computers – DYSEAC". Digital Computer Newsletter. 6 (4): 7. October...
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BIZMAC (category 1950s computers)
RCA decided to build a vacuum tube computer instead of a transistorized computer. It was the largest vacuum tube computer of its time in 1956, occupying...
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BINAC (redirect from Binary Automatic Computer)
BINAC. Ferranti Mark 1 LEO (computer) List of vacuum-tube computers Short Code UNIVAC I "9. The Binac". Digital Computer Newsletter. 1 (2): 4. 1949-09-01...
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Whirlwind I (redirect from Whirlwind Computer)
Whirlwind I was a Cold War-era vacuum-tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory for the U.S. Navy. Operational in 1951, it was among...
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UNIVAC I (redirect from Universal automatic computer)
its system until 1970, totaling over 13 years of service.[citation needed] UNIVAC I used 6,103 vacuum tubes, weighed 16,686 pounds (8.3 short tons; 7.6 t)...
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EDVAC (redirect from Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer)
BRLESC. List of vacuum-tube computers "The History of Computing at BRL". chimera.roma1.infn.it. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Encyclopedia of computer science...
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UNIVAC II (category Vacuum tube computers)
prescribed limits. List of vacuum-tube computers Much of the text in this article was extracted directly from Universal Automatic Computer Model II, which...
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computing hardware List of vacuum tube computers Johnson, Roger; Murrell, Kevin (2017). The HEC computer. The National Museum of Computing. p. 16. ISBN 9780956795632...
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Ferranti Mercury (redirect from Mercury (computer))
Manchester computers List of vacuum tube computers "COMPUTERS, Overseas: 5. Manchester University - MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER "MEG"ACYCLE"...
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Remington Rand 409 (category Vacuum tube computers)
another tube. List of UNIVAC products History of computing hardware List of vacuum-tube computers According to Electronic Brains: Stories from the dawn of the...
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This is a list of European Mullard–Philips vacuum tubes and their American equivalents. Most post-war European thermionic valve (vacuum tube) manufacturers...
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UNIVAC 1103 (category Vacuum tube computers)
memory by an additional 4,096 words. List of UNIVAC products History of computing hardware List of vacuum-tube computers McMurran, Marshall William (11 December...
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generation of electronic computers used vacuum tubes, which generated large amounts of heat, were bulky and unreliable. A second-generation computer, through...
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UNIVAC 1105 (category Vacuum tube computers)
minute. List of UNIVAC products History of computing hardware List of vacuum tube computers Petschauer, Richard J (1990). History and Evolution of 1100/2200...
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IBM 704 (category IBM vacuum tube computers)
machine would fail before a successful compilation of a large program. GM-NAA I/O List of vacuum-tube computers "704 Data Processing System". IBM Archives –...
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Ferranti Pegasus (redirect from PEGASUS (computer))
McGregor Ross and Donald B. Gillies. List of vacuum-tube computers Ferranti Computers 1953-64 (PDF), Museum of Science & Industry, 2011, archived from...
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new location. List of vacuum-tube computers Electromechanical computer Howlett, John ‘Jack’ (1979). "Computing at Harwell: 25 years of Theoretical Physics...
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