What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Frederick Calland Williams Born Oak Avenue, Romiley. Creator of `BABY` the first digital stored-programme computer (1946-1948)
Frederick Calland Williams was a British engineer who led the development of the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (nicknamed "Baby"), recognized as the world's first stored-program computer in 1948. His work laid foundational principles for modern computing architecture.
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