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IBM 701

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The IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine, known as the Defense Calculator while in development, was IBM’s first commercial scientific computer, which was announced to the public on April 29, 1952. [1]

80 relations: Accumulator (computing), Amdahl Corporation, Amdahl's law, Arthur Samuel, Artificial intelligence, Binary prefix, Booting, Cellulose acetate, Computer, Computer Pioneer Award, Cuthbert Hurd, David Wheeler (computer scientist), Early history of video games, Elaine M. McGraw, Electronic delay storage automatic calculator, Fortran, Gene Amdahl, Georgetown–IBM experiment, GM-NAA I/O, Henriette Avram, History of computing hardware, History of free and open-source software, History of IBM, History of IBM mainframe operating systems, IAS machine, IBM 1403, IBM 1443, IBM 407, IBM 7 track, IBM 700/7000 series, IBM 702, IBM 7030 Stretch, IBM 704, IBM 711, IBM 716, IBM 726, IBM 727, IBM 740, IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator, IBM SSEC, Janez Lawson, Jerrier A. Haddad, John Backus, John von Neumann, KOMPILER, Linear probing, List of IBM products, List of instruction sets, List of pioneers in computer science, List of vacuum tube computers, ..., Manchester Mark 1, Maurice Wilkes, Nate Edwards, Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist), Owen Mock, PACT (compiler), PDP-8, Prime-counting function, Project Mercury, Rote learning, SHARE (computing), SIMH, Speedcoding, Stanley Gill, Thomas J. Watson, Timeline of binary prefixes, Timeline of computing 1950–79, Timeline of operating systems, Timeline of United States inventions (1946–91), UNIVAC 1103, University of Michigan Executive System, Vacuum tube computer, Video gaming in the United States, W. Wallace McDowell Award, Wallace John Eckert, Werner Buchholz, Williams tube, Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer, Word (computer architecture), 701 (disambiguation). Expand index (30 more) »

Accumulator (computing)

In a computer's central processing unit (CPU), an accumulator is a register in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.

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Amdahl Corporation

Amdahl Corporation was an information technology company which specialized in IBM mainframe-compatible computer products, some of which were regarded as supercomputers competing with those from Cray Research.

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Amdahl's law

In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) is a formula which gives the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed workload that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.

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Arthur Samuel

Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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Binary prefix

A binary prefix is a unit prefix for multiples of units in data processing, data transmission, and digital information, notably the bit and the byte, to indicate multiplication by a power of 2.

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Booting

In computing, booting is starting up a computer or computer appliance until it can be used.

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Cellulose acetate

Cellulose acetate is the acetate ester of cellulose.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Computer Pioneer Award

The Computer Pioneer Award was established in 1981 by the Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society to recognize and honor the vision of those people whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry.

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Cuthbert Hurd

Cuthbert Corwin Hurd (April 5, 1911 – May 22, 1996) was an American computer scientist and entrepreneur, who was instrumental in helping the International Business Machines Corporation develop its first general-purpose computers.

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David Wheeler (computer scientist)

David John Wheeler FRS (9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004) was a computer scientist and professor of computer science at the University of Cambridge.

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Early history of video games

The history of video games spans a period of time between the invention of the first electronic games and today, covering a long period of invention and changes.

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Elaine M. McGraw

Elaine M. McGraw (née Boehme) was an American computer programmer who, together with Arthur Samuel and Gene Amdahl, invented open addressing based hash tables in 1954.

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Electronic delay storage automatic calculator

The electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer.

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Fortran

Fortran (formerly FORTRAN, derived from Formula Translation) is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.

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Gene Amdahl

Gene Myron Amdahl (November 16, 1922 – November 10, 2015) was an American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation.

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Georgetown–IBM experiment

The Georgetown–IBM experiment was an influential demonstration of machine translation, which was performed during January 7, 1954.

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GM-NAA I/O

The GM-NAA I/O input/output system of General Motors and North American Aviation was the first operating system for the IBM 704 computer.

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Henriette Avram

Henriette Davidson Avram (October 7, 1919 – April 22, 2006) was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format (Machine Readable Cataloging), the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

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History of computing hardware

The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers.

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History of free and open-source software

In the 1950s and 1960s, computer operating software and compilers were delivered as a part of hardware purchases without separate fees.

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History of IBM

International Business Machines, or IBM, nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States.

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History of IBM mainframe operating systems

The history of operating systems running on IBM mainframes is a notable chapter of history of mainframe operating systems, because of IBM's long-standing position as the world's largest hardware supplier of mainframe computers.

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IAS machine

The IAS machine was the first electronic computer to be built at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey.

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IBM 1403

The IBM 1403 line printer was introduced as part of the IBM 1401 computer in 1959 and had an especially long life in the IBM product line.

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IBM 1443

The IBM 1443 Printer (sometimes referred to as the 1443 Flying Type Bar Printer) is an obsolete punched card era line printer.

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IBM 407

The IBM 407 Accounting Machine, introduced in 1949, was one of a long line of IBM tabulating machines dating back to the days of Herman Hollerith.

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IBM 7 track

IBM's first magnetic tape data storage devices, introduced in 1952, use what is now generally known as 7 track tape.

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IBM 700/7000 series

The IBM 700/7000 series is a series of large-scale (mainframe) computer systems that were made by IBM through the 1950s and early 1960s.

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IBM 702

The IBM 702 was IBM's response to the UNIVAC—the first mainframe computer using magnetic tapes.

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IBM 7030 Stretch

The IBM 7030, also known as Stretch, was IBM's first transistorized supercomputer.

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IBM 704

The IBM 704, introduced by IBM in 1954, is the first mass-produced computer with floating-point arithmetic hardware.

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IBM 711

The IBM 711 was a punched card reader used as a peripheral device for IBM mainframe vacuum tube computers and early transistorized computers.

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IBM 716

The IBM 716 line printer was used with IBM 700/7000 series computers in the 1950s and 1960s.

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IBM 726

The IBM 726 dual magnetic tape reader/recorder for the IBM 701 was announced on May 21, 1952.

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IBM 727

The IBM 727 Magnetic Tape Unit was announced for the IBM 701 and IBM 702 on September 25, 1953.

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IBM 740

The IBM 740 CRT Recorder was announced in 1954 and used with the IBM 701, IBM 704, and IBM 709 computers to draw vector graphics images, point by point, on 35 mm photographic film (i.e. microfilm).

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IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator

The IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) was a one-of-a-kind first-generation (vacuum tube) computer built by IBM for the United States Navy's Bureau of Ordnance.

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IBM SSEC

The IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) was an electromechanical computer built by IBM.

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Janez Lawson

Janez Yvonne Lawson Bordeaux (22 February 1930 - 24 November 1990) was a chemical engineer who became one of NASA's computers.

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Jerrier A. Haddad

Jerrier A. "Jerry" Haddad (July 17, 1922 – March 31, 2017) was an American computer engineer.

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John Backus

John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist.

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John von Neumann

John von Neumann (Neumann János Lajos,; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and polymath.

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KOMPILER

In computing, the KOMPILER was one of the first language compilation and runtime systems for International Business Machines' IBM 701, the fastest commercial U.S. computer available in 1955.

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Linear probing

Linear probing is a scheme in computer programming for resolving collisions in hash tables, data structures for maintaining a collection of key–value pairs and looking up the value associated with a given key.

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List of IBM products

The following is a partial list of products, services, and subsidiaries of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s.

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List of instruction sets

A list of computer central processor instruction sets: (By alphabetical order by its manufacturer.).

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List of pioneers in computer science

This article presents a list of individuals who made transformative breakthroughs in the creation, development and imagining of what computers and electronics could do.

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List of vacuum tube computers

Vacuum tube computers, now termed first generation computers, are programmable digital computers using vacuum tube logic circuitry.

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Manchester Mark 1

The Manchester Mark 1 was one of the earliest stored-program computers, developed at the Victoria University of Manchester from the Manchester Baby (operational in June 1948).

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Maurice Wilkes

Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist who designed and helped build the electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers and invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic to operate the control unit of a central processing unit's circuits.

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Nate Edwards

Nathen Porter Edwards (August 24, 1922 – May 26, 2016) was a former IBM hardware architect, retired in 1997.

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Nathaniel Rochester (computer scientist)

Nathaniel Rochester (January 14, 1919 – June 8, 2001) designed the IBM 701, wrote the first assembler and participated in the founding of the field of artificial intelligence.

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Owen Mock

Owen R. Mock was a computer software designer and programmer who pioneered computer operating systems in the 1950s.

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PACT (compiler)

PACT was a series of compilers for the IBM 701 and IBM 704 scientific computers.

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PDP-8

The PDP-8 was a 12-bit minicomputer produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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Prime-counting function

In mathematics, the prime-counting function is the function counting the number of prime numbers less than or equal to some real number x. It is denoted by (x) (unrelated to the number pi).

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Project Mercury

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.

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Rote learning

Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition.

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SHARE (computing)

SHARE Inc. is a volunteer-run user group for IBM mainframe computers that was founded in 1955 by Los Angeles-area users of the IBM 701 computer system.

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SIMH

SIMH is a highly portable, multi-system emulator which runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and OpenVMS.

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Speedcoding

Speedcoding or Speedcode was the first high-level programming language created for an IBM computer.

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Stanley Gill

Professor Stanley Gill (26 March 1926 – 1975) was a British computer scientist credited, along with Maurice Wilkes and David Wheeler, with the invention of the first computer subroutine.

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Thomas J. Watson

Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman.

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Timeline of binary prefixes

This article presents a timeline of binary prefixes used to name memory units, in comparison of decimal and binary prefixes for measurement of information and computer storage.

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Timeline of computing 1950–79

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Timeline of operating systems

This article presents a timeline of events in the history of computer operating systems from 1951 to the current day.

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Timeline of United States inventions (1946–91)

A timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991) encompasses the ingenuity and innovative advancements of the United States within a historical context, dating from the era of the Cold War, which have been achieved by inventors who are either native-born or naturalized citizens of the United States.

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UNIVAC 1103

The UNIVAC 1103 or ERA 1103, a successor to the UNIVAC 1101, was a computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates and built by the Remington Rand corporation in October 1953.

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University of Michigan Executive System

The University of Michigan Executive System, or UMES, a batch operating system developed at the University of Michigan in 1958, was widely used at many universities.

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Vacuum tube computer

A vacuum tube computer, now termed a first-generation computer, is a computer which uses vacuum tubes for logic circuitry.

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Video gaming in the United States

Video gaming in the United States is one of the fastest growing entertainment industries in the country.

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W. Wallace McDowell Award

The W. Wallace McDowell Award is awarded by the IEEE Computer Society for outstanding recent theoretical, design, educational, practical, or other similar innovative contributions that fall within the scope of Computer Society interest.

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Wallace John Eckert

Wallace John Eckert (June 19, 1902 – August 24, 1971) was an American astronomer, who directed the Thomas J. Watson Astronomical Computing Bureau at Columbia University which evolved into the research division of IBM.

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Werner Buchholz

Werner Buchholz (born 24 October 1922 in Detmold, Germany) is a noted American computer scientist.

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Williams tube

The Williams tube, or the Williams–Kilburn tube after inventors Freddie Williams (26 June 1911 – 11 August 1977), and Tom Kilburn (11 August 1921 – 17 January 2001), is an early form of computer memory.

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Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer

The Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer (WISC) was an early digital computer designed and built at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Word (computer architecture)

In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.

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701 (disambiguation)

701 may refer to.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_701

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