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IBM 650

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The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine is an early digital computer produced by IBM in the mid-1950s, the first mass-produced computer in the world. Almost 2,000 systems were produced, the last in 1962, and it was the first computer to make a meaningful profit; the first one was installed in late 1954 and the IBM 650 was the most popular computer of the 1950s.

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1954 1
Significance
It was the first mass-produced computer in the world 2
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1. Wikidata: IBM 650
  • Wikidata Q628643, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q628643 P571 (inception)
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2. IBM 650 - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    It was the first mass-produced computer in the world.
  • In Group: First-Generation Vacuum-Tube Computers, Wikidata instance-of first-generation computer and decimal computer
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead sentence
    IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine is an early digital computer produced by IBM in the mid-1950s.
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