oct 29, 1953 - IMB 704

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Description: IBM 704 (International Business Machines) is the first mass-produced computer with floating-point arithmetic hardware.

History: Invented in 1960 by Max Mathews
Special Features: The principal advanced feature of the 704 was its high-speed magnetic core storage or memory

Uses: New mainframe hardware and software products are ideal for Web transactions because they are designed to allow huge numbers of users and applications to rapidly and simultaneously access the same data without interfering with each other.

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