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IBM 709

Index IBM 709

The IBM 709 was a computer system, initially announced by IBM in January 1957 and first installed during August 1958. [1]

51 relations: Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, BCD (character encoding), Bus (computing), Byte, Channel I/O, Charles Bachman, Comparison of assemblers, DYNAMO (programming language), Emulator, Florida Automatic Computer, Fortran, Gene Amdahl, History of free and open-source software, History of IBM mainframe operating systems, History of Northwestern University, IBM 700/7000 series, IBM 704, IBM 709/90 9PAC, IBM 7090, IBM 711, IBM 729, IBM 738, IBM 740, IBM System/360, IBM System/360 Model 85, IBM System/370 Model 165, Job (computing), List of computer system emulators, List of IBM products, List of instruction sets, List of operating systems, List of South Dakota State University people, List of vacuum tube computers, MAD (programming language), Mainframe computer, Mary Allen Wilkes, Michael P. Barnett, My Living Doll, Operating system, SHARE (computing), SHARE Operating System, Signed number representations, South Dakota State University, STRETCH Assembly Program, Task (computing), Thule Site J, Time-sharing, Timeline of binary prefixes, Timeline of operating systems, United States Space Surveillance Network, ..., University of Michigan Executive System. Expand index (1 more) »

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, "474L System", Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer, and communications system, for ballistic missile detection.

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BCD (character encoding)

BCD ("Binary-Coded Decimal"), also called alphanumeric BCD, alphameric BCD, BCD Interchange Code, or BCDIC, is a family of representations of numerals, uppercase Latin letters, and some special and control characters as six-bit character codes.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (a contraction of the Latin omnibus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits, representing a binary number.

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Channel I/O

In computing, channel I/O is a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture that is implemented in various forms on a number of computer architectures, especially on mainframe computers.

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Charles Bachman

Charles William Bachman III (Born on December 11, 1924 – July 13, 2017) was an American computer scientist, who spent his entire career as an industrial researcher, developer, and manager rather than in academia.

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Comparison of assemblers

This is a list of assemblers: computer programs that translate assembly language source code into binary programs.

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DYNAMO (programming language)

DYNAMO (DYNAmic MOdels) was a simulation language and accompanying graphical notation developed within the system dynamics analytical framework.

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Emulator

In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).

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Florida Automatic Computer

FLAC, the Florida Automatic Computer, was an early digital electronic computer built for the United States Air Force at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB) in Brevard County of Florida, to perform missile data reduction.

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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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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 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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History of Northwestern University

The history of Northwestern University can be traced back to a May 31, 1850 meeting of nine prominent Chicago businessmen who shared a desire to establish a university to serve the Northwest Territories.

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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 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 709/90 9PAC

9PAC is a common abbreviation for 709 PACkage.

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IBM 7090

The IBM 7090 is a second-generation transistorized version of the earlier IBM 709 vacuum tube mainframe computers that was designed for "large-scale scientific and technological applications".

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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 729

The IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's iconic tape mass storage system from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s.

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IBM 738

The IBM 738 was IBM's first core memory unit to use transistorized sense amplifier circuits.

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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 System/360

The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978.

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IBM System/360 Model 85

The IBM System/360 Model 85 is a high-end member of the System/360 family of computers, with many advanced features, and was introduced in January, 1968.

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IBM System/370 Model 165

The IBM System/370 Model 165 (and the Model 155) were jointly announced June 30, 1970 as "designed for...

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Job (computing)

In computing, a job is a unit of work or unit of execution (that performs said work).

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List of computer system emulators

This article lists software and hardware that emulates computing platforms.

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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 operating systems

This is a list of operating systems.

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List of South Dakota State University people

List of prominent alumni of South Dakota State University.

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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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MAD (programming language)

MAD (Michigan Algorithm Decoder) is a programming language and compiler for the IBM 704 and later the IBM 709, IBM 7090, IBM 7040, UNIVAC 1107, UNIVAC 1108, Philco 210-211, and eventually the IBM S/370 mainframe computers.

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Mainframe computer

Mainframe computers (colloquially referred to as "big iron") are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications; bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning; and transaction processing.

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Mary Allen Wilkes

Mary Allen Wilkes (born September 25, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former computer programmer and logic designer, most known for her work with the LINC computer, now recognized by many as the world's first "personal computer." Wilkes graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 where she majored in philosophy and theology.

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Michael P. Barnett

Michael Peter Barnett (24 March 1929 – 13 March 2012) was a British theoretical chemist and computer scientist.

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My Living Doll

My Living Doll is an American science fiction sitcom that aired for 26 episodes on CBS from September 27, 1964, to March 17, 1965.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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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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SHARE Operating System

The SHARE Operating System (SOS) was created in 1959 as an improvement on the General Motors GM-NAA I/O operating system, the first operating system, by the SHARE user group.

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Signed number representations

In computing, signed number representations are required to encode negative numbers in binary number systems.

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South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University is a public research university located in Brookings, South Dakota.

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STRETCH Assembly Program

STRETCH Assembly Program (STRAP) was the assembler for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.

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Task (computing)

In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work.

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Thule Site J

Thule Site J (J-Site) is a United States Air Force (USAF) radar station in Greenland near Thule Air Base for missile warning and spacecraft tracking.

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Time-sharing

In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking at the same time.

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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 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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United States Space Surveillance Network

The United States Space Surveillance Network detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris.

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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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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_709

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