Burroughs B5000 series

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The Burroughs B5000 series was a pioneering line of mainframe computers known for its innovative stack-based architecture and strong support for high-level programming languages.

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instanceOf mainframe computer
mainframe computer
mainframe computer
mainframe computer
mainframe computer
mainframe computer
mainframe computer family
announced 1961
mid-1960s
architectureType stack machine
stack-based architecture
commercialAvailability 1962
countryOfOrigin United States
dataRepresentation tagged words
designedBy Robert S. Barton
designedFor high-level programming languages
firstModel Burroughs B5000
includesModel Burroughs B5000
Burroughs B5500
Burroughs B5700
Burroughs B6500
Burroughs B6700
Burroughs B7700
influenced Unisys ClearPath MCP systems
later stack machine designs
introduced early 1960s
manufacturer Burroughs Corporation
memoryProtection hardware-enforced
notableFor absence of conventional assembly language
early use of virtual memory concepts
hardware support for high-level languages
operatingSystem MCP
linked to: MCP series
partOfSeries Burroughs B5000 series
primaryLanguage ALGOL
primaryUse business data processing
scientific computing
successorOf Burroughs B5000
supports ALGOL
COBOL
uses descriptor-based memory
tagged architecture
wordSize 48-bit

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Burroughs Corporation notableProductLine Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs Corporation notableProductLine Burroughs B5500
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs Corporation notableProductLine Burroughs B6500
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs Corporation notableProductLine Burroughs B6700
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs Corporation notableProductLine Burroughs B7700
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 ALGOL compiler targetArchitecture Burroughs B5000
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 ALGOL compiler designedFor Burroughs B5000 operating environment
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 ALGOL compiler runsOn Burroughs B5000 mainframe
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series firstModel Burroughs B5000
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 partOfSeries Burroughs B5000 series
subject linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B5000
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B5500
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B5700
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B6500
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B6700
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5000 series includesModel Burroughs B7700
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B5500 successorOf Burroughs B5000
subject linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
linked to: Burroughs B5000 series
Burroughs B1900 series predecessor Burroughs B5000 series