B5000 series

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The B5000 series was a line of innovative mainframe computers from Burroughs, notable for their early use of stack-based architecture and high-level language support.

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instanceOf mainframe computer series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burroughs B5000 series ⓘ
architectureType stack-based architecture ⓘ
characterEncoding 6-bit character set ⓘ
commercialUse business data processing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
companyLineage Unisys mainframe line ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedBy Robert S. Barton ⓘ
designedFor high-level language support ⓘ
multi-programming ⓘ
time-sharing ⓘ
influenced Burroughs B5500 ⓘ
Burroughs B6500 ⓘ
Burroughs B6700 ⓘ
Burroughs large systems architecture ⓘ
high-level language oriented architectures ⓘ
stack machine designs ⓘ
influencedBy ALGOL 60 language design ⓘ
linked to: ALGOL 60
instructionSetDesign procedure-oriented ⓘ
introductionYear 1961 ⓘ
manufacturer Burroughs Corporation ⓘ
marketedAs second-generation computer system ⓘ
memoryProtection hardware-enforced ⓘ
notableFeature automatic storage allocation ⓘ
hardware support for high-level languages ⓘ
hardware-managed stack ⓘ
no general-purpose programmer-visible registers ⓘ
reentrant code support ⓘ
notableFor early support for high-level languages in hardware ⓘ
early use of stack-based architecture ⓘ
numericRepresentation binary fixed-point ⓘ
binary floating-point ⓘ
operatingSystem MCP ⓘ
Master Control Program ⓘ
primaryDataType tagged word ⓘ
successor Burroughs B5500 ⓘ
supportsFeature automatic bounds checking ⓘ
block-structured programming ⓘ
recursive procedures ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage ALGOL ⓘ
systemType batch processing system ⓘ
time-sharing system ⓘ
uses descriptor-based memory management ⓘ
wordLength 48-bit ⓘ

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Burroughs large systems → marketedAs → B5000 series ⓘ