{"id":54610,"date":"2015-11-23T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T09:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?post_type=definition&#038;p=54610"},"modified":"2023-03-15T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T09:59:14","slug":"manchester-mark-1","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/8248\/manchester-mark-1","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Mark 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_manchester_mark_1_mean\">What Does Manchester Mark 1 Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Manchester Mark 1 was the world&#8217;s first commercially available general-purpose computer. It was developed as the Manchester Mark 1 at the University of Manchester in 1949 and built and distributed by Ferranti Inc. as the Ferranti Mark 1 in 1951.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester Mark 1 was also called the Manchester Automatic Digital Machine (MADM), the Ferranti Mark 1 and the Manchester Ferranti.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_manchester_mark_1_mean\">Techopedia Explains Manchester Mark 1 Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The computer&#8217;s development led to 34 patents and significantly contributed to subsequent commercial products, including the IBM 701 and 702. The Manchester Mark 1 differed from other stored-program computers at the time with its use of Williams cathode ray tubes and magnetic drums for memory, instead of mercury delay lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Manchester Mark 1 Mean? The Manchester Mark 1 was the world&#8217;s first commercially available general-purpose computer. 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