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Lyons

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Elevation 1637
Weather-10°C, Wind W at 0 km/h, 78% Humidity
Incorporated (town)April 10, 1891
Zip code80540
Population2,053 (2017)
Local timeSaturday 06:36
MayorConnie Sullivan
Date of Reg.
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ID2378763
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The Town of Lyons is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2033 at the 2010 United States Census, up from 1585 at the 2000 United States Census.

How a cake company pioneered the first office computer

Feb 16,2020 8:36 am

In the early 1950s The British catering firm J Lyons & Co, pioneered The World 's first automated Office system.

It was called LEO - Lyons Electronic Office - and was used in stock-taking, food ordering and payrolls for The Company .

Soon it was being hired out to UK government ministries and other British businesses.

Mary Coombs worked on The First LEO computer and was The First woman to become a commercial computer programmer.

: The stories of Our Times told by the people who were there



Source of news: bbc.com

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