<s>
The	O
DASK	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
in	O
Denmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DASK	B-Device
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Dansk	O
Aritmetisk	O
Sekvens	O
Kalkulator	O
or	O
Danish	O
Arithmetic	O
Sequence	O
Calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regnecentralen	O
almost	O
did	O
n't	O
allow	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
word	O
dask	B-Device
means	O
"	O
slap	O
"	O
in	O
Danish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
so	O
as	O
it	O
fit	O
the	O
pattern	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
BESK	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Swedish	O
computer	O
which	O
provided	O
the	O
initial	O
architecture	O
for	O
DASK	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
DASK	B-Device
traces	O
its	O
origins	O
to	O
1947	O
and	O
a	O
goal	O
set	O
by	O
Akademiet	O
for	O
de	O
Tekniske	O
Videnskaber	O
(	O
Academy	O
for	O
the	O
Technical	O
Sciences	O
or	O
Academy	O
of	O
Applied	O
Sciences	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
follow	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
modern	O
computing	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
funding	O
was	O
obtained	O
through	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Defence	O
(	O
Denmark	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
Danish	O
Military	O
had	O
been	O
given	O
a	O
grant	O
through	O
the	O
Marshall	B-Operating_System
Plan	I-Operating_System
for	O
cipher	O
machines	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
military	O
saw	O
no	O
immediate	O
need	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
conceived	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
BESK	B-Device
,	O
the	O
rapid	O
advancement	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
allowed	O
improvements	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
such	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
BESK	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DASK	B-Device
was	O
a	O
one-off	O
design	O
that	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
villa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DASK	B-Device
is	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
ALGOL	B-Language
implementations	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
DASK	B-Device
ALGOL	B-Language
,	O
which	O
counted	O
Jørn	O
Jensen	O
and	O
Peter	O
Naur	O
among	O
its	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DASK	B-Device
was	O
a	O
vacuum	O
tube	O
machine	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Swedish	O
BESK	B-Device
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
complemented	O
by	O
an	O
additional	O
8192	O
words	O
of	O
backing	O
store	O
on	O
magnetic	B-General_Concept
drum	I-General_Concept
(	O
3000	O
rpm	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
two	O
accumulators	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
DASK	B-Device
had	O
three	O
index	B-General_Concept
registers	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
address	O
of	O
most	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
instruction	O
word	O
consisted	O
of	O
11	O
bits	O
for	O
an	O
address	O
,	O
two	O
bits	O
for	O
index	B-General_Concept
register	I-General_Concept
selection	O
,	O
and	O
7	O
bits	O
for	O
the	O
operation	O
code	O
and	O
its	O
modifiers	O
.	O
</s>
