Amaya Toman In today's part of our regular return to the past, we recall two events, but only one is directly related to today, namely the introduction of the IBM 704 Data Processing System - the first mass-produced computer from IBM. The second event, which is the launch of The Huffington Post website, is tied to May 9.
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The IBM 704 Comes (1954)
IBM introduced its IBM 7 Data Processing System computer on May 1954, 704. It was the first mass-produced computer, which, among other things, was equipped with an arithmetic-logic unit, a controller and a ferrite memory. This mainframe computer had the ability to process numerical values stored in words whose width was equal to thirty-six bits. The arithmetic-logic unit of the IBM 704 computer could handle integers and fixed-point numbers, floating-point numbers, as well as alphanumeric characters stored in sixes in thirty-six-bit wide words. The FORTRAN programming language and the LISP programming language were developed for the IBM 704 computer.
Huffington Post (2005)
In May 2005, the Huffington Post website was officially launched. The Huffington Post website served as a space for commentary, blog posts and news, and was meant to be a counterpoint to some news platforms such as the Drudge Report. The Huffington Post was founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti. Since 2017, the website has been officially called HuffPost, and in addition to news, you will find satirical posts, original content, and blog posts on politics, business, entertainment, the environment, but also technology or lifestyle.
