Manchester Baby computer
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The Manchester Baby computer was an early experimental British stored-program computer, built in 1948 at the University of Manchester, that successfully ran the first electronic stored program in history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Manchester Baby computer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17791883 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester Baby computer Context triple: [Frederic C. Williams, knownFor, Manchester Baby computer]
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Ferranti Mark I computer
The Ferranti Mark I computer was one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers, developed in the early 1950s from the Manchester Mark I design.
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B.
EDSAC
EDSAC was one of the earliest stored-program electronic computers, built at the University of Cambridge in the late 1940s and used primarily for scientific and mathematical research.
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MITS Altair 8800
The MITS Altair 8800 is a pioneering 1975 microcomputer kit based on the Intel 8080 processor that helped launch the personal computer revolution and inspired early hobbyist and software ecosystems.
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D.
Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
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E.
Z4 computer
The Z4 computer was an early electromechanical, programmable computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse and is considered one of the first commercially used computers in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester Baby computer Target entity description: The Manchester Baby computer was an early experimental British stored-program computer, built in 1948 at the University of Manchester, that successfully ran the first electronic stored program in history.
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A.
Ferranti Mark I computer
The Ferranti Mark I computer was one of the world’s first commercially available general-purpose electronic computers, developed in the early 1950s from the Manchester Mark I design.
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B.
EDSAC
EDSAC was one of the earliest stored-program electronic computers, built at the University of Cambridge in the late 1940s and used primarily for scientific and mathematical research.
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C.
MITS Altair 8800
The MITS Altair 8800 is a pioneering 1975 microcomputer kit based on the Intel 8080 processor that helped launch the personal computer revolution and inspired early hobbyist and software ecosystems.
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D.
Colossus computers
Colossus computers were pioneering British electronic computing machines built during World War II to help decrypt high-level German communications at Bletchley Park.
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E.
Z4 computer
The Z4 computer was an early electromechanical, programmable computer built by German engineer Konrad Zuse and is considered one of the first commercially used computers in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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