Honeywell 200 series

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The Honeywell 200 series was a family of early mainframe computers produced by Honeywell in the 1960s, known for competing with IBM systems and supporting business and scientific computing workloads.

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Honeywell 200 series canonical 1
Honeywell 6180 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf computer system series
mainframe computer family
applicationDomain commercial data processing
scientific data processing
approximateIntroductionYear 1960s
architectureType binary computer
belongsTo Honeywell 200 computer family
competitiveWith IBM System/360
IBM mainframe computers
computingCategory mainframe computing
computingModel centralized computing
coolingRequirement specialized cooling
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dataProcessingStyle batch-oriented data processing
decadeIntroduced 1960s
designedFor high-volume transaction processing
scientific numerical computation
developer Honeywell Computer Division
hasFormFactor room-sized computer system
historicalEra early third-generation computers
second-generation computers
industry computer hardware
intendedUse business computing
scientific computing
manufacturer Honeywell
marketedAs IBM-compatible alternative
notableFeature positioned as competitor to IBM systems
support for both business and scientific workloads
organizationTypeUsing banks
government agencies
insurance companies
partOf Honeywell mainframe product line
powerRequirement high electrical power consumption
status discontinued
supports batch processing
business-oriented programming languages
multiprogramming
scientific programming languages
typicalPeripherals disk storage units
line printers
magnetic tape drives
punched card readers
usedIn corporate data centers
government computing centers
large organizations

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Honeywell 316 instructionSetCompatibility Honeywell 200 series
Multics ranOn Honeywell 200 series
this entity surface form: Honeywell 6180