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Described regenerative cathode-ray-tube storage of binary charge patterns and its operation as a high-speed memory system for digital computing machines.
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The record is the 1949 two-author Proceedings of the IEE paper. Kilburn’s 1947 report and 1948 thesis, the Manchester Baby, patents and later production memories remain separate target works.
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- University of Manchester notes on Kilburn’s 1947 storage report
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F. C. Williams; Tom Kilburn
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Williams and Kilburn: cathode-ray storage for binary-digital computers
Described regenerative cathode-ray-tube storage of binary charge patterns and its operation as a high-speed memory system for digital computing machines.
Scientific scope
The record is the 1949 two-author Proceedings of the IEE paper. Kilburn’s 1947 report and 1948 thesis, the Manchester Baby, patents and later production memories remain separate target works.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
F. C. Williams; Tom Kilburn
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.