The UNIVAC 1100/2200 series is a series of compatible 36-bit computer systems, beginning with the UNIVAC 1107 in 1962, initially made by Sperry Rand. The series continues to be supported today by Unisys Corporation as the ClearPath Dorado Series. The solid-state 1107 model number was in the same sequence as the earlier vacuum-tube computers, but the early computers were not compatible with their solid-state successors.
UNIVAC 1100/80
A Univac 1108 used to process the 1970 United States Census
NASA UNIVAC 1100/40
UNIVAC 1100/80 Operations Room at University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, New York, 1981
In computer architecture, 36-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 36 bits wide. Also, 36-bit central processing unit (CPU) and arithmetic logic unit (ALU) architectures are those that are based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size.
36-bit computers were popular in the early mainframe computer era from the 1950s through the early 1970s.
Friden mechanical calculator. The electronic computer word length of 36-bits was chosen, in part, to match its precision.