Who Invented the Computer? by Robert Snedden

Who Invented the Computer? by Robert Snedden

Author:Robert Snedden
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781625133151
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Published: 2015-02-18T00:00:00+00:00


Sir Frederic Williams

Date of birth: June 26, 1911

Place of birth: Stockport, England

Profession: Engineer

Greatest achievement: The invention of the Williams-Kilburn tube

Interesting fact: Williams pioneered the first fully automatic radar system for fighter aircraft.

Date of death: August 11, 1977

As a stored-program computer, Baby could be reprogrammed in hours rather than the days it took for ENIAC. After a few false starts, Baby ran successfully and, as its inventor Frederic Williams said, “nothing was ever the same again.”



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