MESM

MESM
Also known asSmall Electronic Calculating Machine
DeveloperSergei Alekseyevich Lebedev / Kiev Institute of Electrotechnology
Release date1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Lifespan1950–1959
CPU6,000 vacuum tubes @ 5 kHz
InputPunched cards or typed using a plug switch
Power25 kW
Dimensions8 to 10 metres (26 to 33 ft) long and about 2 metres (7 ft) tall[1]

MESM (Ukrainian: MEOM, Мала Електронна Обчислювальна Машина; Russian: МЭСМ, Малая Электронно-Счетная Машина; 'Small Electronic Calculating Machine') was the first universally programmable electronic computer in the Soviet Union. By some authors it was also depicted as the first one in continental Europe, even though the electromechanical computers Zuse Z4 and the Swedish BARK preceded it.[2]

  1. ^ Hally, Mike (2005). Electronic brains: Stories from the dawn of the computer age. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 978-0-309-09630-0.
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