DocumentCode
921677
Title
A Manchester computer pioneer: Ferranti in retrospect
Author
Tweedale, Geoffrey
Author_Institution
Dept. of History, Sheffield Univ., UK
Volume
15
Issue
3
fYear
1993
fDate
6/15/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
37
Lastpage
43
Abstract
The role of Ferranti Ltd. in the developing computer industry in the Manchester area is examined. The performance of the Ferranti firm once it entered into computer manufacturing and the reasons for the company´s failure in that industry are discussed. The firm is compared with others attempting to enter the field at the same time.<>
Keywords
DP industry; history; Ferranti; Manchester area; computer industry; computer pioneer; Business; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Government; History; Layout; Military computing; Nuclear electronics; Radar; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.222840
Filename
222840
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