Burroughs Corporation
American company
Also known as: Burroughs Adding Machine Company
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The Burroughs Corporation was an American company that began as the Burroughs Adding Machine Company in 1905. It was founded to produce the world's first practical adding machines, perfected by inventor William Seward Burroughs. The company became the largest manufacturer of adding machines globally. In the 1950s and 1960s, it expanded into manufacturing computer systems for business and office use, and was renamed Burroughs Corporation in 1953. In 1986, Burroughs merged with Sperry Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.12
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