701
Updated: 12/31/2022 by Computer Hope
701 may refer to any of the following:
1. Introduced on May 21, 1952, the IBM 701 was IBM's first electric computer and the first mass produced computer. The machine has 256 40-bit words of main memory and can perform 2,200 multiplications per second. Designed primarily for scientific calculations, the 701 features the IBM-invented tape drive vacuum column, an innovation which paved the way for magnetic tape. The 701 is IBM's first electric computer and the first mass-produced computer. A total of 19,701 are produced and sold.
2. 701 is also a United States area code.