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The transition from the BBC to the micro:bit Education Foundation moved the official home of the micro:bit from microbit.co.uk to microbit.org. The BBC licensed the hardware technology as open source and allows it to be manufactured around the world for use in education. The foundation oversees this. [31] [32] On 2 January 2018, it was ...
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across several educational BBC television programmes, such as The Computer Programme (1982), Making the Most of the ...
Interior of the 6502 Second Processor. The 6502 Second Processor (using a 6502C) was clocked at 3 MHz, a full 50% faster than the 6502 inside a BBC Model B, and also had 64 KB of RAM, of which typically 30–44 KB was free for application data (compared to as little as 8.5 KB on an unexpanded Model B in graphics mode, or only 5.75 KB with the disc interface).
Sophie Mary Wilson (born Roger Wilson; June 1957) is an English computer scientist, a co-designer of the instruction set for the ARM architecture. [5] [6] [7]Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
The BBC wanted to use their own computer, so the BBC Micro was developed by Acorn Computers as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, and was featured in this series. The series was successful enough for two series to follow it, namely Making the Most of the Micro in 1983 and Micro Live from 1984 until 1987.
I would argue that micro:bit is the commonly used name. Both microbit.co.uk and microbit.org use this. Comparing to the iPad article on wikipedia, where the stylized name is the only one used, I think the same should be done on this page: use "micro:bit" or "BBC micro:bit". 213.113.138.247 11:23, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
MediaCityUK is a 200-acre (81 ha) mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCityUK shopping centre. [1]
BBC podcast More or Less is an investigative BBC Radio 4 programme about the accuracy of numbers and statistics in the public domain. The programme often addresses statistical issues which pertain to topics in the news.