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			==Further reading==

			* William Lonergan, Paul King, [https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~kubitron/courses/cs252-S10/handouts/papers/b5000.pdf ''Design of the B5000 system''], ''Datamation'', Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1961 <!-- reprinted in C. Gordon Bell, Allen Newell, [https://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/CGB%20Files/Computer%20Structures%20Readings%20and%20Examples%201971.pdf ''Computer Structures: Readings and Examples''], McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971 (pp. 287-29 of the PDF) -->
			* Alastair J.W. Mayer, [https://www.smecc.org/The%20Architecture%20%20of%20the%20Burroughs%20B-5000.htm ''The Architecture of the Burroughs B5000''], ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Vol. 10, No. 4, June, 1982 - '20 Years Later and Still Ahead of the Times?'

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	* Alastair J.W. Mayer, [https://www.smecc.org/The%20Architecture%20%20of%20the%20Burroughs%20B-5000.htm ''The Architecture of the Burroughs B5000''], ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Vol. 10, No. 4, June, 1982 - '20 Years Later and Still Ahead of the Times?'
	* [https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2010/fall/cs441/proj1/b5000/ Burroughs B5000 Computer]		* [https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2010/fall/cs441/proj1/b5000/ Burroughs B5000 Computer]
			* Richard Waychoff, [https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/B5000-AlgolRWaychoff.html Stories About the B5000 and People Who Were There]

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	It was followed by the [[Burroughs B5500]] and [[Burroughs B5700]]; re-designs led to the [[Burroughs B6500]] and [[Burroughs B6700]] family.		It was followed by the [[Burroughs B5500]] and [[Burroughs B5700]]; re-designs led to the [[Burroughs B6500]] and [[Burroughs B6700]] family.

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			* Alastair J.W. Mayer, [https://www.smecc.org/The%20Architecture%20%20of%20the%20Burroughs%20B-5000.htm ''The Architecture of the Burroughs B5000''], ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Vol. 10, No. 4, June, 1982 - '20 Years Later and Still Ahead of the Times?'
	* [https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2010/fall/cs441/proj1/b5000/ Burroughs B5000 Computer]		* [https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2010/fall/cs441/proj1/b5000/ Burroughs B5000 Computer]

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	The '''Burroughs B5000''' was an influential early (1961) [[mainframe]] computer. Since it was Burroughs' first internally-developed machine, they sought to try and catch up to their competitors (such as [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]) by including a number of advanced aspects from the forefront of computer science.		The '''Burroughs B5000''' was an influential early (1961) [[mainframe]] computer. Since it was [[Burroughs]]' first internally-developed machine, they sought to try and catch up to their competitors (such as [[International Business Machines\|IBM]]) by including a number of advanced aspects from the forefront of computer science.

	One important novelty was its support of [[segmentation]], which was used to provide [[virtual memory]]. It was also heavily [[stack]]-oriented at the [[instruction]] level.		One important novelty was its support of [[segmentation]], which was used to provide [[virtual memory]]. It was also heavily [[stack]]-oriented at the [[instruction]] level.

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	One important novelty was its support of [[segmentation]], which was used to provide [[virtual memory]]. It was also heavily [[stack]]-oriented at the [[instruction]] level.		One important novelty was its support of [[segmentation]], which was used to provide [[virtual memory]]. It was also heavily [[stack]]-oriented at the [[instruction]] level.

	It supported [[COBOL]] and [[ALGOL]], but not (initially) [[FORTRAN]], since ALGOL was viewed as superior. In another influential novelty, its [[operating system]], the [[Master Control Program]] was written in ALGOL, in part since it was intended that the machine need not support being programmed in [[assembly language]].		It supported [[COBOL]] and [[ALGOL]], but not (initially) [[FORTRAN]], since ALGOL was viewed as superior. In another influential novelty, its [[operating system]], the [[Master Control Program]], was written in ALGOL, in part since it was intended that the machine need not support being programmed in [[assembly language]].

	It was followed by the [[Burroughs B5500]] and [[Burroughs B5700]]; ~~redesigns~~ led to the [[Burroughs B6500]] and [[Burroughs B6700]] family.		It was followed by the [[Burroughs B5500]] and [[Burroughs B5700]]; re-designs led to the [[Burroughs B6500]] and [[Burroughs B6700]] family.

	==External links==		==External links==

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The '''Burroughs B5000''' was an influential early (1961) [[mainframe]] computer. Since it was Burroughs' first internally-developed machine, they sought to try and catch up to their competitors (such as [[International Business Machines|IBM]]) by including a number of advanced aspects from the forefront of computer science.

One important novelty was its support of [[segmentation]], which was used to provide [[virtual memory]]. It was also heavily [[stack]]-oriented at the [[instruction]] level.

It supported [[COBOL]] and [[ALGOL]], but not (initially) [[FORTRAN]], since ALGOL was viewed as superior. In another influential novelty, its [[operating system]], the [[Master Control Program]] was written in ALGOL, in part since it was intended that the machine need not support being programmed in [[assembly language]].

It was followed by the [[Burroughs B5500]] and [[Burroughs B5700]]; redesigns led to the [[Burroughs B6500]] and [[Burroughs B6700]] family.

==External links==

* [https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2010/fall/cs441/proj1/b5000/ Burroughs B5000 Computer]

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