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EDSAC 2, the Glossary

EDSAC 2 was an early vacuum tube computer (operational in 1958), the successor to the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC).^[1]

Table of Contents

14 relations: Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, Bit slicing, Computer, Control unit, Drummond Matthews, EDSAC, Elliptic curve, Frederick Vine, HMS Owen (K640), Microcode, Millennium Prize Problems, Plate tectonics, Two-out-of-five code, Vacuum tube.
40-bit computers
Early British computers
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

In mathematics, the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (often called the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) describes the set of rational solutions to equations defining an elliptic curve. EDSAC 2 and Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture are University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

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Bit slicing

Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary n-bit central processing unit (CPU). EDSAC 2 and bit slicing are University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

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Computer

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).

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Control unit

The control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor.

See EDSAC 2 and Control unit

Drummond Matthews

Drummond Hoyle Matthews FRS (5 February 1931 – 20 July 1997), known as "Drum", was a British marine geologist and geophysicist and a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics.

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EDSAC

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. EDSAC 2 and EDSAC are early British computers, History of Cambridge, one-of-a-kind computers and University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

See EDSAC 2 and EDSAC

Elliptic curve

In mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective, algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point.

See EDSAC 2 and Elliptic curve

Frederick Vine

Frederick John Vine FRS (17 June 1939 – 21 June 2024) was an English marine geologist and geophysicist.

See EDSAC 2 and Frederick Vine

HMS Owen (K640)

HMS Owen was a frigate built for the Royal Navy during World War 2.

See EDSAC 2 and HMS Owen (K640)

Microcode

In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit (CPU) hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code.

See EDSAC 2 and Microcode

Millennium Prize Problems

The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000.

See EDSAC 2 and Millennium Prize Problems

Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.

See EDSAC 2 and Plate tectonics

Two-out-of-five code

A two-out-of-five code is a constant-weight code that provides exactly ten possible combinations of two bits, and is thus used for representing the decimal digits using five bits.

See EDSAC 2 and Two-out-of-five code

Vacuum tube

A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.

See EDSAC 2 and Vacuum tube

See also

40-bit computers

Early British computers

University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDSAC_2