Cathode Ray Storage

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf data storage device
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Williams_tube
gptkbp:capacity up to a few kilobits
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cathode Ray Storage
gptkbp:introducedIn 1946
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Tom_Kilburn
gptkb:Freddie_Williams
gptkbp:notableFor first practical form of random-access digital storage
gptkbp:numberOfLocations binary data
gptkbp:principle electrostatic charge on CRT phosphor
gptkbp:readBy detecting secondary electron emission
gptkbp:replacedBy magnetic core memory
gptkbp:status obsolete
gptkbp:storage vacuum tube
gptkbp:technology random-access memory
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Manchester_Baby
early computers
gptkbp:writeMethod electron beam modification of charge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CRS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6