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What was the name of the first stored program electronic computer which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University in England?

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EDVAC
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EDSAC
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UNIVAC
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MARK-I
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A EDSAC

EDSAC was the name of the first stored program electronic computer which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University in England.

The first computer to have this feature was the University of Manchester's Small-Scale Experimental Machine, or "Baby." However, the first stored-program computer to go into regular use was Cambridge University's Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) in 1949.

Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, an experimental computer that successfully ran a stored program on June 21, 1948. It was subsequently developed into the Manchester Mark 1, which ran its first program in early April 1949.

Another important contributor at this stage was David Wheeler, Wilkes' research student, who was responsible for many of the features that made the machine practical for ordinary users. EDSAC ran its first program on 6th May 1949 and was soon pressed into service to support research in the university.


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