BESK

Sweden's first electronic computer
Product first_generation_computer Q4384176
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BESK

Summary

BESK is a first-generation computer[1]. BESK draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (first_generation_computer category, ranking #7 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • BESK is in the country of Sweden[3].
  • BESK's image is recorded as BESK Computer Console and Memories.jpg[4].
  • BESK's instance of is recorded as first-generation computer[5].
  • BESK's instance of is recorded as electronic device[6].
  • BESK's based on is recorded as IAS machine[7].
  • BESK's manufacturer is recorded as Swedish Board for Computing Machinery[8].
  • BESK's designed by is recorded as Erik Stemme[9].
  • BESK's has use is recorded as calculation[10].
  • BESK's Commons category is recorded as BESK[11].
  • +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BESK[12].
  • BESK's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013xmv[13].
  • BESK's service entry is recorded as +1953-12-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • BESK's service retirement is recorded as +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • BESK's replaces is recorded as BARK[16].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as vacuum tube[17].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as germanium diode[18].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as loudspeaker[19].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as IBM Electric[20].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as digit[21].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as oscilloscope[22].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as oscilloscope camera[23].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as indicator light[24].
  • BESK's has part is recorded as magnetic-core memory[25].
  • BESK's power consumed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q29924639', 'amount': '+15'}[26].
  • BESK's significant place is recorded as Drottninggatan[27].

Why It Matters

BESK draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (first_generation_computer category, ranking #7 of 7).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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