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Z4 (computer)

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The Z4 was the world's first commercial digital computer, designed by German engineer Konrad Zuse and built by his company Zuse Apparatebau in 1945. [1]

30 relations: Albert Betz, Ambros Speiser, Analytical Engine, Ben Lockspeiser, Colossus computer, Conway Berners-Lee, CSIRAC, Ferranti Mark 1, Floating-point arithmetic, German Aerospace Center, Haunetal, History of computer science, History of computing hardware, Hubert Schardin, Konrad Zuse, Kreuzberg (Tempelhofer Berge), List of inventors, List of pioneers in computer science, Mechanical computer, Plankalkül, Stack (abstract data type), Timeline of computing 1950–79, Timeline of computing hardware before 1950, Unsere Besten, Z1 (computer), Z2 (computer), Z22 (computer), Z3 (computer), Z4, Z5 (computer).

Albert Betz

Albert Betz (25 December 1885 – 16 April 1968) was a German physicist and a pioneer of wind turbine technology.

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Ambros Speiser

Ambrosius Paul Speiser (13 November 1922, Basel – 10 May 2003, Aarau) was a Swiss engineer and scientist.

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Analytical Engine

The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage.

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Ben Lockspeiser

Sir Ben Lockspeiser KCB, FRS, MIMechE, FRAeS (9 March 1891 – 18 October 1990) was a British scientific administrator and the first President of CERN.

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Colossus computer

Colossus was a set of computers developed by British codebreakers in the years 1943–1945 to help in the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher.

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Conway Berners-Lee

Conway Berners-Lee (born 10 September 1921) is an English mathematician and computer scientist who worked as a member of the team that developed the Ferranti Mark 1, the world's first commercial stored program electronic computer.

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CSIRAC

CSIRAC (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Automatic Computer), originally known as CSIR Mk 1, was Australia's first digital computer, and the fifth stored program computer in the world.

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Ferranti Mark 1

The Ferranti Mark 1, also known as the Manchester Electronic Computer in its sales literature, and thus sometimes called the Manchester Ferranti, was the world's first commercially available general-purpose electronic computer.

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Floating-point arithmetic

In computing, floating-point arithmetic is arithmetic using formulaic representation of real numbers as an approximation so as to support a trade-off between range and precision.

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German Aerospace Center

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.), abbreviated DLR, is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Haunetal

Haunetal is a community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.

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History of computer science

The history of computer science began long before our modern discipline of computer science.

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History of computing hardware

The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers.

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Hubert Schardin

Hubert Schardin Hermann Reinhold (17 June 1902 Plassow – 27 September 1965 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography.

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Konrad Zuse

Konrad Zuse (22 June 1910 – 18 December 1995) was a German civil engineer, inventor and computer pioneer.

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Kreuzberg (Tempelhofer Berge)

The Kreuzberg (German for Cross Mountain) is a hill in the Kreuzberg locality of Berlin, Germany, in former West Berlin.

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List of inventors

This is a list of notable inventors.

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List of pioneers in computer science

This article presents a list of individuals who made transformative breakthroughs in the creation, development and imagining of what computers and electronics could do.

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Mechanical computer

A mechanical computer is built from mechanical components such as levers and gears, rather than electronic components.

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Plankalkül

Plankalkül ("Plan Calculus") is a programming language designed for engineering purposes by Konrad Zuse between 1942 and 1945.

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Stack (abstract data type)

In computer science, a stack is an abstract data type that serves as a collection of elements, with two principal operations.

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Timeline of computing 1950–79

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Timeline of computing hardware before 1950

This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing hardware: from prehistory until 1949.

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Unsere Besten

("Our Best") was a television series shown in German public television (ZDF) in November 2003, similar to the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons and that program's spin-offs.

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Z1 (computer)

The Z1 was a mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1935 to 1936 and built by him from 1936 to 1938.

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Z2 (computer)

The Z2 was a mechanical and relay computer completed by Konrad Zuse in 1940.

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Z22 (computer)

The Z22 was the seventh computer model Konrad Zuse developed (the first six being the Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5 and Z11, respectively).

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Z3 (computer)

The Z3 was a German electromechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse.

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Z4

The term/code Z4 has several uses, including the following.

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Z5 (computer)

The Z5 was a computer designed by Konrad Zuse and manufactured by Zuse KG following an order by Leitz GMBH in Wetzlar AG in 1950.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z4_(computer)

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