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{{OSinfobox | {{OSinfobox | ||
| | |image= IASavi.png | ||
| | |imgsize= 100x100px | ||
|cname= IAS Machine | |cname= IAS Machine | ||
|alias= Institute for Advanced Study Machine | |alias= Institute for Advanced Study Machine | ||
|debut= Jan 28, 2010 | |debut= Jan 28, 2010 | ||
|height= | |height= 5' range | ||
|haircolor= Silver | |haircolor= Silver | ||
|eyecolor= Grey | |eyecolor= Grey | ||
|weapon = n/a | |||
|apfaction= [[Mainframe Guild]] | |apfaction= [[Mainframe Guild]] | ||
|lineage= [[IAS Machine]]/Von Neumann Architecture | |lineage= [[IAS Machine]]/Von Neumann Architecture | ||
|rival = Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine | |||
|osper= IAS Machine | |osper= IAS Machine | ||
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==Technical Details== | ==Technical Details== | ||
Built over a period of 6 years (1945 - 1951), the IAS Machine was an early electronic computer and the originator of the widely-implemented Von Neumann Architecture. | |||
==Character Details== | |||
Physically, IAS Machine-tan is slightly overweight, silver-haired and golden-eyed. She's described as imposing despite being average in height, and having a fondness for conservative business-wear. | |||
A prolific scientist and mathematician, IAS worked on a variety of scientific projects - including ones involving nuclear and hydrogen bombs - and managed to be largely successful despite having no sense of internal timekeeping and trouble keeping up with her assignments. A confident and jovial woman, she's known to have a great love of food and drink, notoriously dirty sense of humor (manifested through a fondness for telling bawdy limericks and jokes) and enjoyment of playing games and practical jokes - a favorite of hers being mimicking "regular" human beings in her daily life. In spite of such fanciful pursuits, she remains rather politically-conservative and "straight-laced" compared to her peers and children. | |||
==Family== | |||
IAS-tan is the genetic mother of every IAS Machine/Von Neumann Machine to come. Her disparate family encompasses over a dozen direct descendants from all corners of the world: | |||
[[AVIDAC]] (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA) | |||
[[BESK]] (Stockholm, Sweden) | |||
[[BESM]] (Moscow, Russia) | |||
[[CYCLONE]] (Iowa State University, USA) | |||
[[GEORGE]] (Argonne National Laboratory) | |||
[[ILLIAC]] (University of Illinois, USA) | |||
[[JOHNNIAC]] (RAND) | |||
[[MANIAC]] (Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA) | |||
[[MISTIC]] (Michigan State University) | |||
[[MUSASINO]] (Musashino, Tokyo, Japan) | |||
[[ORACLE]] (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA) | |||
[[ORDVAC]] (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA) | |||
[[SARA]] (SAAB, Sweden) | |||
[[SILLIAC]] (University of Sydney, Australia) | |||
[[SMIL]] (Lund University, Sweden) | |||
[[WEIZAC]] (Weizmann Institute, Israel) | |||
A proud mother, she maintains a good rapport with most of her children, the only exception being the Soviet BESM. | |||
[[Category:Mainframe]][[Category:Historical]][[Category:IAS Machine]] | |||