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Burroughs Corporation
Formerly
  • American Arithmometer Company (1886–1904)
  • Burroughs Adding Machine Company (1904–1953)
Industry
  • Business equipment
  • Adding machines
  • Mainframe computers
Founded1886; 138 years ago (1886)
FounderWilliam Seward Burroughs I
Defunct1986; 38 years ago (1986)
FateMerged with the Sperry Corporation
SuccessorUnisys
HeadquartersSt. Louis, Missouri, United States

The Burroughs Corporation was a major American manufacturer of business equipment. The company was founded in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company by William Seward Burroughs. In 1986, it merged with Sperry UNIVAC to form Unisys. The company's history paralleled many of the major developments in computing. At its start, it produced mechanical adding machines, and later moved into programmable ledgers and then computers. It was one of the largest producers of mainframe computers in the world, also producing related equipment including typewriters and printers.

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