FACOM

Japanese: FACOM
FACOM

…In 1950, the company began mass production of new telephone sets, and in the communications field, it completed a prototype of a fully electronic switching system in 1958. As for computers, the company began producing relay computers in 1951, and in 1958 succeeded in prototyping the FACOM computer, which used parametron elements. The following year, in 1959, it completed the first parametron-based computer. …

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…In 1950, the company began mass production of new telephone sets, and in the communications field, it completed a prototype of a fully electronic switching system in 1958. As for computers, the company began producing relay computers in 1951, and in 1958 succeeded in prototyping the FACOM computer, which used parametron elements. The following year, in 1959, it completed the first parametron-based computer. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "FACOM" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…50年には新型電話機の量産体制に入り,通信分野においては58年に全電子式交換機の試作品を完成した。コンピューターについては,1951年よりリレー式コンピューターを製作し,58年にはパラメトロンを素子とするコンピューター〈FACOM〉の試作に成功した。翌59年にはパラメトロン式コンピューター1号機を完成した。…

【富士通[株]】より

…50年には新型電話機の量産体制に入り,通信分野においては58年に全電子式交換機の試作品を完成した。コンピューターについては,1951年よりリレー式コンピューターを製作し,58年にはパラメトロンを素子とするコンピューター〈FACOM〉の試作に成功した。翌59年にはパラメトロン式コンピューター1号機を完成した。…

※「FACOM」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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