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Atlas, a Common card
The Atlas was one of the world's first supercomputers, in use from 1962 to 1972.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,200
Ranked #2,490 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Atlas quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Atlas card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Atlas was a second-generation computer, using discrete germanium ______.
Answer
transistors. Atlas was a second-generation computer, using discrete germanium transistors. From the Atlas article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dermatoscopy. Dermatoscopy 70 · Atlas 67 · Miguel Rosales 64 · Ball gown 56 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Johannes Diderik van der Waals. Johannes Diderik van der Waals 29,000 · Dermatoscopy 18,000 · Atlas 9,200 · Microreactor 6,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Atlas's capacity promoted the saying that when it went offline, half of the United Kingdom's computer capacity was lost.
- It is notable for being the first machine with virtual memory using paging techniques, this approach quickly spread, and is now ubiquitous.
- Atlas was a second-generation computer, using discrete germanium transistors.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Atlas article was read about 9,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Atlas
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Card lists
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Atlas (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Iain MacCallum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
