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This chapter discusses the first commercial computers including the UNIVAC I developed by EMCC/Sperry in the United States for the US Census Bureau and the LEO I computer developed by J. Lyons and Co. in England in partnership with Maurice Wilkes of Cambridge University. The Z4 computer was developed by Zuse KG in Germany, and the Ferranti Mark I computer was developed by Ferranti in partnership with the University of Manchester.
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O’Regan, G. (2016). The First Commercial Computers. In: Introduction to the History of Computing. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33138-6_5
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