Kilburn, Tom

Kilburn, Tom
(11 ago. 1921, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, Inglaterra–17 ene. 2001, Manchester).

Científico computacional británico. Su libro A Storage System for Use with Binary Digital Computing Machines [Un sistema de almacenamiento para usarse con máquinas computacionales digitales binarias] (1947) influyó para que varias organizaciones de EE.UU. y Rusia adoptaran sus técnicas. Con Frederic C. Williams (n. 1911–m. 1977) diseñó y construyó el Manchester Mark I (1949), la primera computadora de programa almacenado, la cual condujo a la primera computadora comercial, el Ferranti Mark I (1949). En 1964 formó el primer departamento de ciencia de la computación universitario del Reino Unido y llegó a ser su primer profesor. See also concepto de programa almacenado.

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