Burroughs large systems

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Burroughs large systems were a family of mainframe computers known for their advanced stack-based architecture and strong support for high-level languages, widely used in business and government computing in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf mainframe computer family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burroughs mainframe systems ⓘ
architectureType stack-based architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designedFor business computing ⓘ
government computing ⓘ
designGoal direct execution of high-level languages ⓘ
minimize need for assembly language ⓘ
feature automatic storage management ⓘ
descriptor-based memory architecture ⓘ
hardware support for recursion ⓘ
hardware-enforced data types ⓘ
integrated database support in OS ⓘ
single-level store abstraction ⓘ
stack-based procedure calls ⓘ
tagged architecture ⓘ
influenced Unisys MCP-based systems ⓘ
design of stack-based virtual machines ⓘ
knownFor innovative operating system design ⓘ
orthogonal instruction set ⓘ
strong support for high-level languages ⓘ
support for ALGOL-like languages ⓘ
manufacturer Burroughs Corporation ⓘ
marketedAs A series ⓘ
B5000 series ⓘ
B6000 series ⓘ
B6500 ⓘ
B6700 ⓘ
B7000 series ⓘ
B7700 ⓘ
B7800 ⓘ
B7900 ⓘ
B8000 series ⓘ
mergedInto Unisys mainframe product line ⓘ
operatingSystem MCP ⓘ
Master Control Program ⓘ
partOf Burroughs mainframe product line ⓘ
successor Unisys ClearPath MCP systems ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage ALGOL ⓘ
COBOL ⓘ
FORTRAN ⓘ
linked to: Fortran

PL/I-like languages ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
usedIn banking industry ⓘ
government agencies ⓘ
insurance industry ⓘ

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Burroughs Corporation → notableProductLine → Burroughs large systems ⓘ
Burroughs B5000 ALGOL compiler → influenced → Burroughs B6500/B6700 language systems ⓘ
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Burroughs B1900 series → belongsTo → Burroughs large systems family ⓘ
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Burroughs MCP → operatingSystemFor → Burroughs large systems ⓘ
Unisys ClearPath MCP systems → architectureOrigin → Burroughs large systems architecture ⓘ
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B5000 series → influenced → Burroughs large systems architecture ⓘ
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B6000 series → marketedAs → Burroughs Large Systems ⓘ
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B6000 series → designedBy → Burroughs Large Systems Group ⓘ
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B7000 series → partOf → Burroughs large systems family ⓘ
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B7000 series → operatingSystemFamily → Burroughs large systems operating systems ⓘ
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B7000 series → belongsToBrand → Burroughs large systems ⓘ
B6500 → marketedAs → Burroughs Large Systems ⓘ
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B6500 → designedBy → Burroughs large systems engineering group ⓘ
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B6700 → designedBy → Burroughs Large Systems Group ⓘ
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B7700 → productLine → Burroughs large systems ⓘ
B7800 → partOf → Burroughs large systems line ⓘ
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Master Control Program → designedFor → Burroughs large systems architecture ⓘ
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Master Control Program → partOf → Burroughs large systems product line ⓘ
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Burroughs mainframe systems → alsoKnownAs → Burroughs large systems ⓘ
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B7900 → belongsToProductCategory → Burroughs large systems ⓘ