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Turing: proposed electronic calculator for the ACE

Contribution grade

Computer architecture and hardware · FORMALIZATION

Reference score220,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Specified memory, control, arithmetic and programming organization for a proposed electronic stored-program ACE.

Scientific scope

The record is Turing's internal NPL report completed and submitted in 1946, not the later Pilot ACE machine or its implementation team. Publication dates of later editions do not replace the report date.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Turing's internal NPL report completed and submitted in 1946, not the later Pilot ACE machine or its implementation team. Publication dates of later editions do not replace the report date.

Contributors

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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