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==Technical Details== | ==Technical Details== | ||
TIFRAC was the first computer developed in India. It was in use from the mid-1950s to 1965, and was an early user of ferrite core memory. | TIFRAC was the first computer developed in India. It was in use from the mid-1950s to 1965, and was an early user of ferrite core memory. Its design was influenced by von Neumann's design principles, making it an IAS-type system. Specifically, the TIFRAC was influenced by fragments of knowledge about the ORDVAC system. | ||
==Character details== | ==Character details== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
TIFRAC-tan is depicted as a dark-complexioned woman with long black hair and dark eyes. She generally wears traditional Indian clothing and has | TIFRAC-tan is depicted as a dark-complexioned woman with long black hair and dark eyes. She generally wears traditional Indian clothing and has formal wear bedecked with elaborate beading and embroidery, referencing the stringing together of tens of thousands of small components. | ||
TIFRAC-tan is a scientist, her fields of expertise being nuclear physics and computer science. She is highly sociable and affable, and tries to instill self-confidence and -reliance in her coworkers. Since she was built and operated by a team who had no prior experience with computers, TIFRAC-tan is no stranger to trial-and-error learning; while she is very ambitious and great at clever solutions, she is also somewhat injury-prone and frail, referencing the several thousand parts, and their many more connections that could break. | |||
==History and background== | ==History and background== | ||
==See also:== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIFRAC Wikipedia article] (see the reference listed) | |||
[[Category:Early Computers]] | [[Category:Early Computers]] | ||
