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Manchester computers, a Common card
The Manchester computers were an innovative series of stored-program electronic computers developed during the 30-year period between 1947 and 1977 by a small team at the University of Manchester, under the leadership of Tom Kilburn.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Manchester computers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Manchester computers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The first of the ______, the Manchester Baby, ran its first program on 21 June 1948.
Answer
series. The first of the series, the Manchester Baby, ran its first program on 21 June 1948. From the Manchester computers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
They included the world's first stored-program computer, the world's first transistorised computer, and what was the world's fastest computer at the time of its inauguration in ____.
Answer
1960s. They included the world's first stored-program computer, the world's first transistorised computer, and what was the world's fastest computer at the time of its inauguration in 1962. From the Manchester computers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Loïc Duval. Loïc Duval 82 · Alessandro Petacchi 72 · Manchester computers 69 · Jacob Wallenberg 66 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- They included the world's first stored-program computer, the world's first transistorised computer, and what was the world's fastest computer at the time of its inauguration in 1962.
- The project began with two aims: to prove the practicality of the Williams tube, an early form of computer memory based on standard cathode-ray tubes, and to construct a machine that could be used to investigate how computers might be able to assist in the solution of mathematical problems.
- The first of the series, the Manchester Baby, ran its first program on 21 June 1948.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Manchester computers article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Manchester computers
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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The cards just above and just below Manchester computers in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Brent EastCommon · Arts · ATK 72 DEF 57
- Jarkko NieminenCommon · Society · ATK 84 DEF 45
- Sophia Jex-BlakeCommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 62
- Viktor SadovnichiyCommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 57
- EpigenomeCommon · Nature · ATK 72 DEF 57
- Hubert von HerkomerCommon · Arts · ATK 65 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Manchester computers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
