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English Electric DEUCE

Commercial Computer

The DEUCE was one of the earliest British commercially available computers, built by English Electric from 1955 as the production version of the Pilot ACE, itself a cut-down version of Alan Turing's ACE design.

Facts
Year
1955 1
Significance
Its success rested on a program library of over 1000 programs and subroutines. 1
Sources
1. English Electric DEUCE, Wikipedia
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    The DEUCE (Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine) was one of the earliest British commercially available computers, built by English Electric from 1955.
  • Lead, success paragraph
    The success of DEUCE was due to its program library of over 1000 programs and subroutines.
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