The First Ever Electronically Stored Program Ran 65 Years Ago Today
Sixty five years ago, in a cluttered lab in Manchester, UK, three scientists changed the world of computing forever. Working with a machine they’d built and nicknamed Baby, they ran the first ever program to be stored electronically in a computer’s memory. Put together by “Freddie” Williams, Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tootill, ghe computer—officially called…
