They were also known as Burroughs Medium Systems, by contrast with the Burroughs Large Systems and Burroughs Small Systems. The B2500 and B3500 computers...
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languages. "Burroughs Large Systems" referred to all of these large-system product lines together, in contrast to the COBOL-optimized Medium Systems (B2000...
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known as the Burroughs Small Systems, by contrast with the Burroughs Large Systems (B5000, B6000, B7000, B8000) and the Burroughs Medium Systems (B2000, B3000...
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cheques. Burroughs made special MICR/OCR sorter/readers which attached to their medium systems line of computers (2700/3700/4700) and B200/B300 systems and...
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an interprogram communications protocol used by mainframes of Burroughs Medium Systems CrCr, a double-cream gene in Equine coat color genetics CRCR1 aka...
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Burroughs was born into a wealthy family in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a grandson of inventor William Seward Burroughs I, who founded the Burroughs Corporation...
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packed decimal integer arithmetic instructions. The Burroughs Medium Systems, beginning with the Burroughs B2500 and B3500 in 1966, provides only decimal arithmetic...
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Network Definition Language (category Burroughs mainframe computers)
NDL (Network Definition Language) was a compiler on Burroughs Large and Medium Systems computers used to create a network definition file for a data communications...
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"language-directed design." The Burroughs Medium Systems (1966) were designed to support COBOL for business applications. The Burroughs Small Systems (mid-1970s, designed...
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Binary-coded decimal (redirect from Binary-coded decimal system)
SDS Sigma series mainframes, and is the native format for the Burroughs Medium Systems line of mainframes (descended from the 1950s Electrodata 200 series)...
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article covers the evolution of time-sharing systems, providing links to major early time-sharing operating systems, showing their subsequent evolution. The...
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Work Flow Language (category Burroughs mainframe computers)
process control language for the Burroughs large systems, including the Unisys ClearPath/MCP series, and their operating system Master Control Program. Developed...
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Unisys DMSII (category Burroughs mainframe computers)
Management System II (DMSII) is a database system originally created by the Burroughs Corporation in 1972. It was available on the Burroughs (later Unisys)...
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geographic information systems, also abbreviated GIS, is the most common term for the industry and profession concerned with these systems. It is roughly synonymous...
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Disc File OEM Manual. USA: Memorex Corp. 1977. p. 4. Burroughs MD 122 Brochure. USA: Burroughs Marketing. 1979. p. 2. "Apple's Twiggy Disks". www.brouhaha...
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Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) was a provider of modular mid-range and high-end computer data storage systems, software, and services. Its operations are now...
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Word processor (redirect from Text formatting system)
computer-based system for application in the word processing businesses and it sold systems through its own sales force. With a base of installed systems in over...
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18, 2019. Lynch, John T (August 1965). "The Burroughs B8500". Datamation. pp. 59–60. "Philips Data Systems' product range, P350 series Office Computers"...
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performance for the MVS/370 operating systems ECPS:VM A feature to enhance performance for the VM operating systems Other changes were compatible only for...
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inexpensive data storage system for home computers, or in some cases for diagnostics or boot code for larger systems such as the Burroughs B1700. Compact cassettes...
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History of computing hardware (1960s–present) (section Timeline of computer systems and important hardware)
pushed onto the stack Program descriptors on the Burroughs B5000 line Program descriptors on the Burroughs B6500 line The second generation saw the introduction...
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UNIX Systems Programming: Communication, Concurrency, and Threads. Prentice Hall. p. 582. ISBN 9780130424112. Burroughs 1974, p. 5. Burroughs 1974, p...
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upon by IBM and other companies such as Memorex, Shugart Associates, and Burroughs Corporation. The term "floppy disk" appeared in print as early as 1970...
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Common ARTS (redirect from Automated Radar Terminal System)
radar console. The Burroughs Corporation was also working on radar display consoles in the 1970s to 1980s. In 1986, Univac and Burroughs Corporations merged...
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systems, centralized traffic control, and failsafe systems to prevent collisions were primitive or did not yet exist. To prevent accidents, systems such...
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store for future systems and control units created a requirement for an inexpensive and reliable read only device and associated medium to store and ship...
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Seoul Metropolitan Subway (redirect from Seoul subway system)
away from the capital. The network consists of multiple systems that form a larger, coherent system. These being the Seoul Metro proper, consisting of Seoul...
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character in particular was John Carter of Mars from the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter is a human who is transported to Mars, where the lower gravity...
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C (programming language) (category Systems programming languages)
platform, which makes it suitable for creating operating systems and for use in embedded systems. While C does not include certain features found in other...
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to America". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 March 2023. Burroughs, Callum. "New $95 million funding for Stripe competitor GoCardless marks...
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