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Hollerith Electronic Computer

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The Hollerith Electronic Computer, or HEC, was produced by the British Tabulating Machine Company based on a design by Professor Andrew Booth of Birkbeck College, London, and was Britain's first mass-produced business computer. Its prototype first worked at the end of 1951.

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Year
1951 1
Significance
Britain's first mass-produced business computer. 1
Sources
1. Hollerith Electronic Computer, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 3
    The prototype first worked at the end of 1951.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 2
    It was Britain's first mass-produced business computer.
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