But the biggest shift in company history came in 1953 ; the Burroughs Adding Machine Company was renamed the Burroughs Corporation and began moving into computer products, initially for banking institutions.

Burroughs was one of the eight major United States computer companies ( with IBM, the largest, Honeywell, NCR Corporation, Control Data Corporation, General Electric, RCA and UNIVAC ) through most of the 1960s.

The Burroughs Corporation developed three highly innovative architectures, based on the design philosophy of " language directed design ".

In September 1986, Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation to form Unisys.

* Wilner, Wayne T., " B1700 Design and Implementation ", Burroughs Corporation, Santa Barbara Plant, Goleta, California, May 1972.

* Burroughs Corporation Records Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Collection contains the records of the Burroughs Corporation, and its predecessors the American Arithmometer Company and Burroughs Adding Machine Company.

CBI's Burroughs Corporation Records includes over 100, 000 photographs depicting the entire visual history of Burroughs from its origin as the American Arithmometer Corporation in 1886 to its merger with the Sperry Corporation to form the Unisys Corporation in 1986.

* Burroughs Corporation Photo Database at the Charles Babbage Institute University of Minnesota.

The Burroughs 5000 computer series is discussed by individuals responsible for its development and marketing from 1957 through the 1960s in a 1985 conference sponsored by AFIPS and Burroughs Corporation.

Smith reviews his 46½ year career at Burroughs Adding Machine Company ( later Burroughs Corporation ).

And while it was one of the largest producers of mainframe computers in the world, Burroughs also produced related equipment as well, including typewriters and printers.

In 1886, the American Arithmometer Company was established in St. Louis, Missouri to produce and sell an adding machine invented by William Seward Burroughs ( grandfather of Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs ).

In time, Burroughs was selling more than adding machines, including typewriters.

In terms of sales, Burroughs was always a distant second to IBM.

At the same time, Burroughs was very much a competitor.

In industries like banking, where continuous operations was mandatory, Burroughs large systems penetrated most every large bank, including the Federal Reserve Bank.

The designation for these systems was Burroughs B2500 through B49xx, followed by Unisys V-Series V340 through V560.

* Burroughs made military computers, such as the D825 ( the " D " prefix signifying it was for defense industrial use ), in its Great Valley Laboratory in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

* In 1964 Burroughs had also completed the D830 which was another variation of the D825 designed specifically for real-time applications, such as airline reservations.

The concept can be traced to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by writer William S. Burroughs, and has since been used in a wide variety of contexts.

His interest in space, however, was his primary focus, especially after reading science fiction stories by writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, which stirred his imagination about life on other planets, such as Mars.

He felt the connection between his screenwriting style and Burroughs ' prose style was so strong, that he jokingly remarked that should Burroughs pass on, " I'll just write his next book.

William S. Burroughs ' first book, Junkie, was published as an Ace Double.

* A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs claims to be the manuscript of John Carter relating his adventures on Mars, except for the first chapter explaining how the manuscript was received.

The idea was used by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, in the seven-novel " Pellucidar " series, beginning with At the Earth's Core ( 1914 ).

Tarzan author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, was pleased with Weissmuller, although he so hated the studio's depiction of a Tarzan who barely spoke English that he created his own concurrent Tarzan series filmed on location in Central American jungles and starring Herman Brix as a suitably articulate version of the character.

* In one of Robert A. Heinlein's last novels, The Number of the Beast ( 1980 ), the heroes flee Earth in a car capable of flight in six dimensions and find several alternate versions of Mars, one which had been colonised by the British and another which is an improbable combination of Burroughs ' fabulous Barsoom with the home planet of the vicious Martians whose invasion of Earth was described by Wells.

The group of manufacturers was first known as " IBM and the Seven Dwarfs ": IBM, Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell, General Electric and RCA.

Shrinking demand and tough competition started a shakeout in the market in the early 1970s — RCA sold out to UNIVAC and GE also left ; in the 1980s Honeywell was bought out by Bull ; UNIVAC became a division of Sperry, which later merged with Burroughs to form Unisys Corporation in 1986.

RCA was one of several major computer companies ( see also: Computing ) that also included IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, Burroughs, Control Data Corporation, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR and Sperry Rand through most of the 1960s.

CDC was one of the nine major United States computer companies through most of the 1960s ; the others were IBM, Burroughs Corporation, DEC, NCR, General Electric, Honeywell, RCA, and UNIVAC.

Mowgli has been cited as a major influence on Edgar Rice Burroughs ' character Tarzan.

The takeover came about even after Sperry used a " poison pill " in the form of a major share price hike to dissuade the hostile bid, as a result of which Burroughs had to borrow much more from the banks than was anticipated in order to complete the bid.

In 1978, Anderson performed at The Nova Convention, a major conference involving many counter-culture figures and rising avant-garde musical stars, including William S. Burroughs, Philip Glass, Frank Zappa, Timothy Leary, Malcolm Goldstein, John Cage, and Allen Ginsberg.

In the 1960s, UNIVAC was one of the eight major American computer companies in an industry then referred to as " IBM and the seven dwarfs " — a play on Snow White and the seven dwarfs, with IBM, by far the largest, being cast as Snow White and the other seven as being dwarfs: Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC, GE, RCA and Honeywell.

Bono of U2 cites Burroughs as a major influence, and Burroughs appeared briefly in a U2 video in 1997.

William S. Burroughs was a major proponent of orgone research, who often included it as part of the surreal imagery in his novels.

Edgar Rice Burroughs ' A Princess of Mars ( 1912 ) is also sometimes seen as a major work of scientific romance, and Sam Moskowitz referred to him in 1958 as " the acknowledged master of the scientific romance ," though the scholar E. F. Bleiler views Burroughs as part of the " new development " of pulp science fiction that arose in the early 20th century.

Poet Allen Ginsberg bought a farm there in the 1960s, and the town became a haven and destination point for many of the major personalities of the Beat scene: William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky, Herbert Huncke, Ray Bremser, Anne Waldman, Robert Creeley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Harry Smith, Mary Beach, Claude Pelieu and many others all spent time either living or visiting there.

The Strathleven Industrial Estate near Dumbarton was once the location of several major manufacturers such as Burroughs ( Adding Machines ) and Westclox.

Brion Gysin, the Process Church of the Final Judgement, William S. Burroughs, Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare have stood out as major influences.

In July 2009, as part of a major William Burroughs symposium, NakedLunch @ 50, a special tribute was held outside 9 Rue Gît-le-Coeur, with Jean-Jacques Lebel unveiling a plaque commemorative, now permanently hammered to the outside wall next to the main entrance, honoring the Beat Hotel's seven most famous occupants: B. Gysin, H. Norse, G. Corso, A. Ginsberg, P. Orlovsky, I. Sommerville, W. Burroughs.

Since the closure of Dartford's major employers: Seagers ' Engineering Works, J & E Hall International, Vickers, the reduction and subsequent closure of Burroughs Wellcome ( now GlaxoSmithKline ), and the redevelopment of nearby Bexleyheath as a shopping town in the 1970s ( and the more recent development of the Bluewater Shopping Centre ), Dartford has lost a significant number of its rising Generation X demographic to more economically viable jobs, towns and cities.

He first joined the San Diego Padres major league team in 2002, after being drafted out of high school ; Burroughs declined a scholarship offer to the University of Southern California to accept the Padres ' contract offer.

The Burroughs B1000 Series of computers consisted of three major generations which were the B1700, B1800, and B1900 series machines originally introduced in the 1970s with continued software development until 1987.

Ginsberg recommended Grauerholz to Burroughs as a possible assistant and their working relationship began in this simple manner, yet grew to be a major factor in the popularization of Burroughs and his works.

With the retirement of Jeff Burroughs in 1985, Harrah became the last active major leaguer to have played for the Washington Senators franchise.

He is the father of major league third baseman Sean Burroughs.