{"id":568177,"date":"2010-05-18T01:02:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T05:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/first-commercial-computer-leo-ii\/15097\/"},"modified":"2010-05-18T01:02:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T05:02:09","slug":"leo-ii-%e2%80%93-the-world%e2%80%99s-first-commercially-available-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/568177","title":{"rendered":"LEO II \u2013 the world\u2019s first commercially available computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c0378172.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/leo-ii-1.jpg\" alt=\"A computer bit circa 1958 from the LEO II\/3 computer\"><\/p>\n<p>The latest in out series of early technologies from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/bonhams-set-to-auction-technology-antique-firsts\/12961\/\" >Michael Bennett-Levy&#8217;s collection<\/a> looks at the world&#8217;s first commercial business computer, the LEO II\/3. The LEO II (short for Lyons Electronic Office I) was the successor to the LEO I, which was designed by Oliver Standingford and Raymond Thompson of J. 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