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• Williams tube — The Williams tube or the Williams Kilburn tube (after inventors Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn), developed about 1946 or 1947, was a cathode ray tube used to electronically store binary data.Working principleThe Williams tube depends on an… …   Wikipedia

• Williams, Sir Frederic — ▪ British engineer born June 26, 1911, Stockport, Cheshire, Eng. died Aug. 11, 1977, Manchester       British electrical engineer who invented the Williams tube store, a cathode ray tube (cathode ray oscilloscope) memory system that heralded the… …   Universalium

• Cathode ray tube — Cutaway rendering of a color CRT: 1. Three Electron guns (for red, green, and blue phosphor dots) 2. Electron beams 3. Focusing coils 4. Deflection coils 5. Anode connection 6. Mask for separating beams for red,… …   Wikipedia

• Storage tube — Mostly obsolete, a storage tube is a special monochromatic CRT whose screen has a kind of memory (hence the name): when a portion of the screen is illuminated by the CRT s electron gun, it stays lit until a screen erase command is given. Thus,… …   Wikipedia

• Video camera tube — In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge coupled device (CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal. Several types were in use from the 1930s to the… …   Wikipedia

• Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine — Replica of the Small Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) at the Museum of Science and Industry in Castlefield, Manchester …   Wikipedia

• History of computing hardware — Computing hardware is a platform for information processing (block diagram) The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data. Computing hardware… …   Wikipedia

• Computer memory — types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRAM In development T RAM Z RAM TTRAM Historical Delay line memory Selectron tube Williams tube Non volatile …   Wikipedia

• Manchester Mark 1 — This article is about the early British computer. For the aircraft, see Avro Manchester and Avro 533 Manchester. The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the world s first stored program computers. The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the earliest stored… …   Wikipedia

• Computer data storage — 1 GB of SDRAM mounted in a personal computer. An example of primary storage …   Wikipedia

• Manchester Mark I — This article is about the early British computer . The term Manchester Mark I can also refer to the Avro Manchester heavy bomber in RAF service during the early stages of World War II .The Manchester Mark I was one of the earliest electronic… …   Wikipedia