"open in 2018, the school will be located in Block G which was being renovated in 2017, funded by the Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre. (Bletchley Park Trust has no involvement with the college.) On display in the museum are many famous early computing era machines, including a functioning Colossus Mark 2 that was rebuilt between 1993 and 2008 by a team of volunteers led by Tony Sale. Colossus was a machine that helped break German encryption during World War II. The museum also includes the world's oldest working digital computer (the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH), machines from the"
"The National Museum of Computing, established on the site which includes a rebuilt Colossus machine, and receives hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The site appears in the Domesday Book as part of the Manor of Eaton. Browne Willis built a mansion there in 1711, but after Thomas Harrison purchased the property in 1793 this was pulled down. It was first known as Bletchley Park after its purchase by Samuel Lipscomb Seckham in 1877. The estate of was bought in 1883 by Sir Herbert Samuel Leon, who expanded the then-existing farmhouse into what architect Landis Gores called a ""maudlin and"
"Laing, a former editor of ""Personal Computer World"" magazine, in connection with the writing of his 2004 book ""Digital Retro"". The exhibition """"Calculators from the Abacus to the Microchip"""", was launched by Sir Clive Sinclair in March 2006. In April 2007, the Museum was honoured by a visit from HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, patron of the British Computer Society. The Museum moved to 6–7 Theatre Square in July 2009, between the library and the theatre. In May 2010, the Museum celebrated the 30th anniversary of the video game Pac-Man with a real life Pac-Man game and special exhibition"
"standards"" on the condition that £1.7m of 'match funding' is raised by the Bletchley Park Trust. Just weeks later, Google contributed £550k and by June 2012 the trust had successfully raised £2.4m to unlock the grants to restore Huts 3 and 6, as well as develop its exhibition centre in Block C. Additional income is raised by renting Block H to the National Museum of Computing, and some office space in various parts of the park to private firms. The National Museum of Computing is housed in Block H, which is rented from the Bletchley Park Trust. Its Colossus and"
"University of Cambridge Computing Service The University of Cambridge Computing Service provided computing facilities across the University of Cambridge between 1970 and 2014. It was located primarily on the New Museums Site, Free School Lane, in the centre of Cambridge, England but, in September 2013 moved to the Roger Needham Building on the West Cambridge site. The Computing Service shares a common ancestry with the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Founded on 14 May 1937 ""to provide a computing service for general use, and to be a centre for the development of computational techniques in the University"" as the ""Mathematical"
"its current site in Cambridge in August 2013. The museum was originally located in Haverhill, Suffolk. Plans to relocate the museum to Cambridge, led to a report in October 2011 that negotiations were underway for a site. The museum was informed in June 2012 that planning permission for the new Cambridge site had been granted, subject to complying with current building regulations. The museum moved to a site in Rene Court, off Coldham's Lane in the east side of Cambridge in summer 2013. The Centre for Computing History runs regular educational activities for schools and the general public. These range"
"Museum of Computing The Museum of Computing in Swindon, England is dedicated to preserving and displaying examples of early computers. It was the first United Kingdom museum exclusively dedicated to the history of computing and opened in February 2003. It aims to preserve the history of computing, to be used as a valuable educational resource and as an information repository for historians, collectors and the media, and to illustrate this history in an entertaining way. The Museum includes working machines and interactive activities. The exhibitions have included the ""Pong to PlayStation"" exhibition. More than thirty computers were lent to Gordon"
"They also have possibly the largest Domesday and interactive laserdisc archive in the world. The National Museum of Computing based beside Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes previously had two working Domesday systems but has retired the displays as of 2017. In 2011 a team at BBC Learning, headed by George Auckland republished much of the Community disc data in a short-lived web based format. This data comprising around 25,000 images was loaded onto the BBC Domesday Reloaded website which went online in May 2011, and offline (with some content archived elsewhere) in June 2018. The data extraction underlying the Domesday"
"Park and Cliveden. Other historic houses are still in use as private homes, such as the Prime Minister's country retreat Chequers. Claydon House is a National Trust property, situated near the village of Steeple Claydon in Aylesbury Vale. Home to the Verney family and was also home to Florence Nightingale for some time. Buckinghamshire is the location of Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, the site of World War II British codebreaking and Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer. Buckinghamshire is the home of various notable people in connection with whom tourist attractions have been established: for example the"
"The Centre for Computing History The Centre for Computing History (CCH) is a museum in Cambridge, England, established to create a permanent public exhibition telling the story of the Information Age. The museum acts as a repository for vintage computers and related artefacts. The museum is open Wednesdays through to Sundays from 10am to 5pm in term time and 7 days a week during school holidays. On display are key items from the early era of computers (and even before) from ageing comptometers through the Altair 8800 to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Apple II series. The museum also holds"
"of the Society's landmark premises in George Street and the fostering of links with the Royal Society in London and the Royal Irish Academy, Williams also holding membership of both organisations. His leadership helped the RSE to develop its position and role as one of the leading academies of the British Isles. The Sir Alwyn Williams Building at the University of Glasgow was opened on 22 June 2007 by Professor Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland, and Williams's widow, Joan. It was an extension to the facilities of the Department of Computing Science, located between the Department's pre-existing accommodation,"
"it available online. They already have data from both the National Disk and Community Disk online and are currently investigating copyright issues before releasing the URL to the general public. In June 2017, some of the centre's volunteers received recognition for their contributions to the museum at the annual SHARE Museums East Volunteer Awards. The Centre for Computing History The Centre for Computing History (CCH) is a museum in Cambridge, England, established to create a permanent public exhibition telling the story of the Information Age. The museum acts as a repository for vintage computers and related artefacts. The museum is"
"Bletchley Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes, and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley. Bletchley is best known for Bletchley Park, the headquarters of Britain's World War II codebreaking organisation, and now a major tourist attraction. The National Museum of Computing is also located on the Park. The town name is Anglo-Saxon and means ""Blæcca's clearing"". It was first recorded in manorial rolls in the 12th century as ""Bicchelai"", then later as ""Blechelegh"" (13th"
"and have since erected a large modern office complex employing over 1500 people. The original house is still used by IBM as an Executive Briefing Centre. The lower ground floor of the house is home to the IBM Hursley Museum, a computing museum that covers the history of IBM Hursley Park, IBM United Kingdom and IBM Corporation. Hursley House Hursley House is an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in Hursley, near Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. The building is Grade II* listed. The Hursley estate was bought by William Heathcote, MP from the daughters of Richard Cromwell. Cromwell"
"disassembled and stored at the Birmingham City Council Museums Collection Centre. From September 2009, the machine was loaned to The National Museum of Computing in the site of Bletchley Park, where it began to be restored to working order as a Computer Conservation Society project. The museum, a registered charity, invited members of the public and industry to sponsor the restoration of the Harwell computer by purchasing one of 25 shares at £4,500 each. In 2012, the restoration was completed successfully. A short book has been produced about the machine and the restoration project that also includes a brief technical"
"at the museum all day. March 2011, 'Gaming on the Go' exhibition, 35 years of the handheld games console. The Museum of Computing is a not-for-profit organisation, run by a team of dedicated volunteers. The Museum is sponsored by the following organisations The Museum is supported by the following organistaions Museum of Computing The Museum of Computing in Swindon, England is dedicated to preserving and displaying examples of early computers. It was the first United Kingdom museum exclusively dedicated to the history of computing and opened in February 2003. It aims to preserve the history of computing, to be used"
"William Gates Building, Cambridge The William Gates Building, or WGB, is a square building that houses the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, on the University's West Cambridge site in JJ Thomson Avenue south of the Madingley Road in Cambridge, England. Construction on the building began in 1999 and was completed in 2001 at a cost of £20 million. Opened by Maurice Wilkes, it was named after William H. Gates Sr., the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided 50% of the money for the building's construction. The building has the following features:"
"IBM Hursley IBM Hursley is a research and development laboratory belonging to International Business Machines in the village of Hursley, Hampshire, England. Established in Hursley House, an 18th-century Queen Anne style mansion in 1958, the facility has been instrumental in the development of IBM’s software technologies since the 1950s. It is still the home of development for CICS and MQ technology. Initially, IBM just used the House and its grounds. In 1963 it purchased 100 acres (405,000 m) of land surrounding the house and has since erected a large modern office complex employing over 1500 people. The facility is host"
"of September 2017.) There is also a suite which includes many BBC Micro personal computers which are used to encourage programming among visitors, an area dedicated to women in computer science, and a hands on display of video game consoles from different eras. All of this is alongside various other displays of devices and information regarding the evolution of computing from the 60s to the modern era. At the end of 2009, an Internet gallery, sponsored by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) where packet switching was first developed, was opened. Another area includes a range of mechanical and electro-mechanical punched"
"Poughkeepsie. It was once referred to as IBM's ""Main Plant"", although much of the workforce has been moved elsewhere in the company (2008). The site once built the IBM 700/7000 series of computers as well as the IBM 7030 Stretch computer and later IBM mainframes. The RS/6000 SP2 family of computers, which came to fame after one of them won a chess match against world chess master Garry Kasparov, were also manufactured by IBM Poughkeepsie. In October 2008, IBM's Poughkeepsie facility was named ""Assembly Plant of the Year 2008"" by the editors of ""Assembly Magazine"". Poughkeepsie remains IBM's primary design"
"father in 1964. The last Earl inherited the title in 1964 and died in 2018. The family seat following its purchase by the 1st Lord King was Ockham Park, Ockham, Surrey until the fine Jacobean house was reduced to outbuildings in a fire in 1948. The family has moved its main home to Torridon House, near Torridon in Ross-shire. Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be processed by"
"in Kent, between the A20 and M20), was implemented to confuse German night fighters with native German-speakers, and coordinated by the RAF Y Service. Bletchley Park in north Buckinghamshire was the principal Allied centre for codebreaking. The Colossus computer, arguably the world's first, began working on Lorentz codes on 5 February 1944, with Colossus 2 working from June 1944. The site was chosen, among other reasons, because it is at the junction of the Varsity Line (between Oxford and Cambridge) and the West Coast Main Line. The Harwell computer (Dekatron), now at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley, was"
"Tattenhoe and Snelshall). At the 2001 Census, the population of the Sub-area was 47,176. Bletchley Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes, and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley. Bletchley is best known for Bletchley Park, the headquarters of Britain's World War II codebreaking organisation, and now a major tourist attraction. The National Museum of Computing is also located on the Park. The town name is Anglo-Saxon and means ""Blæcca's clearing"". It was first recorded"
"Laboratory"" (under the leadership of John Lennard-Jones), it was not until 2001 that the provision of computing services across the University and Colleges was fully separated from computing research and teaching. On 30 March 2014, the Computing Service merged with the Management Information Services Division (MISD) of the Unified Administrative Service (UAS) to create the University Information Services department. University of Cambridge Computing Service The University of Cambridge Computing Service provided computing facilities across the University of Cambridge between 1970 and 2014. It was located primarily on the New Museums Site, Free School Lane, in the centre of Cambridge, England"
"The UK National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park uses BBC Micros as part of a scheme to educate school children about computer programming. In March 2012, the BBC and Acorn teams responsible for the BBC Micro and Computer Literacy Project met for a 30th anniversary party, entitled ""Beeb@30"". This was held at ARM's offices in Cambridge and was co-hosted by the Centre for Computing History. Long after the ""venerable old Beeb"" was superseded, additional hardware and software has been developed. Such developments have included Sprow's 1999 zip compression utility and a ROM Y2K bugfix for the BBC Master. There"
"opening of the Gateway building in 2010. Buckinghamshire New University Buckinghamshire New University, styled bucks new university, is a public university with campuses in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and Uxbridge, Middlesex. The Vice-Chancellor of the University is Rebecca Bunting. The institution dates from 1891 when it was founded as the School of Science and Art, and has since that date been re-invented variously as the Wycombe Technical Institute, the High Wycombe College of Technology and Art, and the Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education. It was a university college from 1999 until 2007 when it announced that its application for university status"
"Information Commons, Sheffield The Information Commons (also known as the IC) is a library and computing building in Sheffield, England, and is part of the University of Sheffield. The architects were the Edinburgh-based RMJM. The IC is located on Leavygreave Road, close to the University tram stop. It opened on 10 April 2007 to staff and students of the University, although it was officially opened on 26 September 2007 by Harsh Srivastav, a graduate of the University and former President of the Students Union. The project was conceived and is jointly operated by the University Library and the Corporate Information"
"In 2007 a new Art, Design Technology and Modern Languages building came into use and, in a gesture of respect to one of the School's intellectual founding fathers, was formally opened as the Jeremy Bentham building by The Duke of Gloucester on 22 May 2008. Also in 2008, the Sixth Form Centre was completely renovated along with most of the School's interior and classrooms. Also in 2008, girls were admitted into the co-educational sixth form for the first time. In 2012 the Giles Slaughter wing housing the Lecture Theatre and computer rooms were refurbished, expanding the Lecture theatre and the"
"Buckinghamshire University Technical College Buckinghamshire University Technical College (or Buckinghamshire UTC) is a university technical college (UTC) which opened in September 2013 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. The UTC is located in a newly constructed building on the campus of Aylesbury College. Buckinghamshire New University and Aylesbury College are the sponsors of Buckinghamshire UTC, while employer partners of the UTC include Cisco Systems, Esri, McAfee and Taylor Wimpey. Buckinghamshire UTC had an initial intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12) in 2013, but has expanded to accommodate students aged 14 to 19. The primary catchment area"
"Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge The Computer Laboratory is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007, it employs 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students. The current head of department is Professor Ann Copestake. The Cambridge University Computer Laboratory was founded as the ""Mathematical Laboratory"" under the leadership of John Lennard-Jones on 14 May 1937, though it did not get properly established until after World War II. The new laboratory was housed in the North Wing of the former Anatomy School, on the New Museums Site. Upon"
"Personal Computer Museum The Personal Computer Museum is located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, located in a former city building that is built from reclaimed bricks from the Brantford Opera House. Over fifty interactive personal computers are on display from a wide variety of manufacturers, including Apple Computer, Atari, Commodore, IBM, Radio Shack, Timex, Mattel and more. The mandate of the museum is to preserve computer technology and more importantly, offer interactivity with these machines. Parents are welcome to bring children and show them computers that they may have used to understand the evolution of the technology that they use today."
"of buildings, on Larcom Street, Charles Babbage, the Victorian mechanical computer pioneer, was born in 1791 although the original house has been demolished. A blue plaque records his birth. On 25 March 2013, a fire seriously damaged the Walworth Town Hall. The collections suffered only a very small loss, but the museum galleries were very severely affected. Around 98% of objects on display at the time of the fire were recovered and are now safely stored awaiting a solution to the display of the collections and public access to them. Cuming Museum The Cuming Museum in Walworth Road, within the"
"Tunny galleries tell an important part of allied breaking of German codes during World War II. There is a working reconstruction of a Colossus computer that was used on the high-level Lorenz cipher, codenamed ""Tunny"" by the British. The museum, which opened in 2007, is an independent voluntary organisation that is governed by its own board of trustees. Its aim is ""To collect and restore computer systems particularly those developed in Britain and to enable people to explore that collection for inspiration, learning and enjoyment."" Through its many exhibits, the museum displays the story of computing through the mainframes of"