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Tom Kilburn: A Tale of Five Computers.

The article profiles British computer engineer Tom Kilburn, focusing on his influence on historically significant computer systems throughout his life. Topics include his family background and service in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE), his work on t...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 35 - 39
Autor principal: Anderson, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery May2014
Materias:
Kilburn, Tom
Computer engineers
Computer engineering
Computer system design & construction
Computer science
Computer science education
Twentieth century
History
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Sumario:The article profiles British computer engineer Tom Kilburn, focusing on his influence on historically significant computer systems throughout his life. Topics include his family background and service in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE), his work on the cathode ray tube (CRT) memory computers known as the Manchester Baby, Mark I, and Mercury and the Muse and Atlas transistor computers, and his role in establishing computer science in British higher education.