EDSAC

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Age
Friday May 6, 1949
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Basic information
AKA
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
Category
others
Country
United Kingdom
Description
Early British computer.
First stored-program computer in regular use.
Large-scale electronic calculating machine in which ultrasonic delay units are used for storage of orders and numbers.
Developed at Britain's Cambridge University. Designer and creator was Sir Maurice Wilkes.
Memory : 512 17-bit words, upgraded in 1952 to 1024 17-bit words.
Finally shut down in 1958, having been superseded by EDSAC 2, which remained in use until 1965.
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EDSAC - Celebrations from his DOB
- 40 days from now, August 17, 2025, EDSAC celebrate 124th Venus age
- 64 days from now, September 10, 2025, EDSAC celebrate 317th Mercury age
- 94 days from now, October 10, 2025, EDSAC celebrate exactly 670,000 hours
- 120 days from now, November 4, 2025, EDSAC celebrate 77th half birthday
- 152 days from now, December 7, 2025, EDSAC celebrate 318th Mercury age
- 177 days from now, January 1, 2026, EDSAC celebrate exactly 28,000 days
177 days from now, January 1, 2026, EDSAC celebrate exactly 4,000 weeks - 182 days from now, January 6, 2026, EDSAC celebrate exactly 920 months
- 240 days from now, March 5, 2026, EDSAC celebrate 319th Mercury age
- 265 days from now, March 30, 2026, EDSAC celebrate 125th Venus age
- 302 days from now, May 6, 2026, EDSAC celebrate 77th birthday
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