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Williams tube |
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An electrostatic memory in the very first computers that used a cathode ray tube (CRT) for storage. Officially known as the Williams-Kilburn tube, it was developed at the University of Manchester in England by Professor F.C. (Freddie) Williams and graduate student Tom Kilburn. First deployed in the Baby computer in 1948, they were also used in the Whirlwind and IBM 701. Never the most reliable of devices, Williams tubes were superseded by delay line and magnetic core memories. See Whirlwind, 701 and core storage.
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