Fragment of the 8K (8 kilobyte) work fixed store from an ICl/Ferranti Atlas 1 computer (1963), showing the rectangular \hairbrush\" units, consisting

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Fragment of the 8K (8 kilobyte) work fixed store from an ICl/Ferranti Atlas 1 computer (1963), showing the rectangular \hairbrush\" units, consisting of rows of copper & carbon rods that are plugged-in to the underlying copper mesh. Inividual \"hairbrush\" units are seen at top right. In computing a word is considered as an entity of bits, bytes or characters that is capable of being stored in one location in the computer's memory."

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Photo credit: © SHEILA TERRY/RUTHERFORD APPLETON LIBRARY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 1, 1960, atlas, computer, computing, data, electronic, electronics, fixed, historical, history, information, storage, store, technology, word