Tom Kilburn

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Ferranti Mark I

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Tom Kilburn: Media

British engineer

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Ferranti Mark I

Ferranti Mark I

Tom Kilburn standing beside the console of the Ferranti Mark I computer, c. 1950.

Reprinted with permission of the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Eng.

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