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What was the name of the first stored program electronic computer which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University in England?

A. EDVAC

B. EDSAC

C. UNIVAC

D. MARK-I

E. None of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

EDSAC : The Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. Inspired by John von Neumann's seminal First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, the machine was constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in England. EDSAC was the second electronic digital stored-program computer to go into regular service.

Source : wikipedia.org


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