Permanent historical factsheet

Ferranti Mark I Random Number Order

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1950Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1950

Alan Mathison Turing1950

University of Manchester · Science / Technology

Contributes to additional Ferranti Mark I instructions, notably the random-number generator order.

Names involved

Alan Mathison Turing

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.