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Marconi

Marconi is best known historically for the invention of radio. What isn't so well known is that The Marconi Company broadcasted news and entertainment to the UK before the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) came into existence.
During WWII and afterwards, Marconi was a major supplier of RADAR systems worldwide.
The Marconi TAC was the first digital computer to be designed and built by The Marconi Company, but they went on to produce the Myriad computer and the Locus 16 computer.
The Great Baddow site where the TAC was designed still exists and is now operated by BAe Systems.

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