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Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. It was made by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England. EDSAC was the first stored-program electronic computer. It was also the first to run a computer game.

Later the project was supported by J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., a British company. They were rewarded with the first commercial computer, LEO I. LEO I was based on the EDSAC design. EDSAC ran its first programs on 6 May 1949, when it calculated a table of square numbers and a list of prime numbers.

Images for kids

  • EDSAC (5)

    9-inch tubes used for monitoring

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    William Renwick with 5-hole tape reader and Creed teleprinter

  • EDSAC (9)

    Maurice Wilkes inspecting the mercury delay line of the EDSAC in construction

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    Maurice Wilkes and Bill Renwick in front of the complete EDSAC

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    EDSAC monitoring desk

  • EDSAC replica

    EDSAC replica in October 2018

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: EDSAC para niños

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