Manchester Mark I Definition/Meaning:  

The world's first operational stored-program computer, running its first program in June 1948. It was designed by T, Kilburn and F. C. Williams at the University of Manchester, UK, commencing in 1946. Several improvements were added and the first realistic problem to be solved by the machine was achieved in April 1949, shortly before EDSAC began operations. It became the world's first commercially available computer when marketed by Ferranti Ltd in 1951 as the Ferranti Mark I. The effectiveness of the machine was due to its use of electrostatic (Williams tube) storage.

Near by Terms: MAC Machine Machine Address (absolute address; actual address) Machine Code Machine Equivalence Machine-Independent Machine Language Machine Simulation Macro (Macro-Processor) Macro-Generator Magnetic Bubble Memory Magnetic Card Magnetic Cell Magnetic Disk Magnetic Drum Magnetic Encoding Magnetic Media Magnetic Tape Magnetic Tape Cartridge (tape cartridge) Magnetic Tape Subsystem Magnetic Tape Unit (MTU) Magnetographic Printer Magneto-Optic Disk Storage Mailbox Mainframe Main Memory (main store; main storage) Main Program Maintenance Majority Element (majority gate) Malfunction Management Information System (MIS) Manchester Mark I Manual Control Map Map Method Mapping Mark Markov Chain Markov Source Mark Reading (mark scanning; optical mark reading) Mark Scanning Mark Sensing Masking Mass Storage Master File (primary file) Master Record Master-Slave Flip-Flop Master-Slave System Master Tape Matching Matrix Matrix Inversion Matrix Printer Maximum-Likelihood Decoding Maxterm (standard sum term)