Automatic Computing Engine

<p>The Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) was a British early <a href="/facts/Electronic_storage/uCvJ6nrq">electronic</a> <a href="/facts/Serial_computer/CaQGzRth">serial</a> <a href="/facts/Stored-program_computer/CwcIk5S8">stored-program computer</a> design by <a href="/facts/Alan_Turing/klov9b6g">Alan Turing</a>. Turing completed the ambitious design in late 1945, having had experience in the years prior with the secret <a href="/facts/Colossus_computer/pbkHLPwp">Colossus</a> computer at <a href="/facts/Bletchley_Park/ID0B04WB">Bletchley Park</a>. 
</p><p>The ACE was not built, but a smaller version, the <a href="/facts/Pilot_ACE/88h5ugKz">Pilot ACE</a>, was constructed at the <a href="/facts/National_Physical_Laboratory_(United_Kingdom)/NM5HzE0b">National Physical Laboratory</a> and became operational in 1950. A larger implementation of the ACE design was the MOSAIC computer which became operational in 1955. ACE also led to the <a href="/facts/Bendix_G-15/QMFMfpLW">Bendix G-15</a> and other computers.
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Automatic Computing Engine