TOPS-10
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TOPS-10 is a historic time-sharing operating system for DEC's PDP-10 mainframe computers, widely used in the 1960s and 1970s in academic and research environments.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TOPS-10 canonical | 5 |
| DEC TOPS-10 | 1 |
| TOPS-10 Version 7 | 1 |
| TOPS-10 Version 7.04 | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DEC operating system
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| architecture | 36-bit ⓘ |
| basedOn |
PDP-10
ⓘ
surface form:
PDP-10 Monitor system
|
| category |
Mainframe operating system
ⓘ
Time-sharing system ⓘ |
| decadeOfWidespreadUse |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| developer |
DEC
ⓘ
Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| distributionModel | proprietary software ⓘ |
| emulatedBy |
KLH10 emulator
ⓘ
SIMH PDP-10 emulator ⓘ |
| family | TOPS family ⓘ |
| feature |
accounting and resource control
ⓘ
batch processing support ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ file system with hierarchical directories in later releases ⓘ interactive time-sharing ⓘ job control language ⓘ multi-programming ⓘ multi-user support ⓘ networking support in later versions ⓘ remote job entry ⓘ virtual memory support in later versions ⓘ |
| hardwareType | mainframe computer ⓘ |
| influenced |
TOPS-20
ⓘ
later DEC operating systems ⓘ time-sharing system design ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting early ARPANET hosts on PDP-10 systems
ⓘ
widespread use in universities in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| notableInstallation |
BBN Technologies
ⓘ
surface form:
BBN
CMU ⓘ
surface form:
Carnegie Mellon University
DEC internal systems ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
surface form:
MIT
Stanford University ⓘ |
| notableUserInterface | Monitor command language ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
TOPS-10
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
TOPS-10 Version 7
TOPS-10 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TOPS-10 Version 7.04
|
| operatingSystemFor |
DECsystem-10
ⓘ
PDP-10 ⓘ |
| platform |
PDP-10
ⓘ
surface form:
PDP-10 mainframe computer
|
| predecessor |
TENEX operating system
ⓘ
surface form:
Monitor (PDP-10 operating system)
|
| programmingLanguageSupport |
ALGOL
ⓘ
BASIC ⓘ COBOL ⓘ Fortran ⓘ
surface form:
FORTRAN
Assembly language ⓘ
surface form:
MACRO-10 assembly language
PASCAL (via compilers) ⓘ |
| regionOfPrimaryUse |
Europe
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| releaseDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| status |
discontinued
ⓘ
historical ⓘ |
| successor |
TOPS-20
ⓘ
surface form:
DECSYSTEM-20 operating system
TOPS-20 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
academic environments
ⓘ
commercial time-sharing services ⓘ government research laboratories ⓘ research environments ⓘ university computing centers ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
TOPS-10 Version 7
this entity surface form:
TOPS-10 Version 7.04