OS/360

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IBM mainframe operating system operating system

OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
DOS/360 3
System/360 operating systems 1
Tape Operating System 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IBM mainframe operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
architecture monolithic kernel ⓘ
designedFor IBM System/360 ⓘ
developer IBM ⓘ
developerCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
family OS/360 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: System/360 operating systems
firstReleased mid-1960s ⓘ
hasAbbreviation OS/360 self-link ⓘ
hasComponent Job Control Language ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to IBM mainframe dominance ⓘ
landmark in software engineering history ⓘ
inception 1960s ⓘ
influenced MVS ⓘ
OS/390 ⓘ
modern operating system design ⓘ
z/OS ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
notableFor influential system software architecture ⓘ
large-scale, complex software project for its time ⓘ
pioneering modern batch processing concepts ⓘ
pioneering multiprogramming on mainframes ⓘ
operatingSystemType batch operating system ⓘ
partOf IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: IBM System/360 family
predecessor IBM 700/7000 series ⓘ
surface form: IBM 7090/7094 operating systems
programmingModel batch-oriented ⓘ
runsOn IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: System/360 Model 30

IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: System/360 Model 40

IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: System/360 Model 50

IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: System/360 Model 65

IBM System/360 ⓘ
surface form: System/360 Model 75
successor MVS ⓘ
OS/2 ⓘ
surface form: OS/VS2
supports batch processing ⓘ
card-based job submission ⓘ
disk I/O ⓘ
job control ⓘ
link-editing ⓘ
load modules ⓘ
magnetic tape I/O ⓘ
multiprogramming ⓘ
partitioned data sets (PDS) ⓘ
sequential data sets ⓘ
spooling ⓘ
targetHardware IBM mainframes ⓘ
usedIn commercial data processing ⓘ
government computing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

this entity surface form: DOS/360
TOS/360 → expandsTo → OS/360 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tape Operating System
OS/360 → family → OS/360 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: System/360 operating systems
OS/360 → hasAbbreviation → OS/360 self-link ⓘ
IBM System/360 → osFamily → OS/360 ⓘ
IBM System/360 → osFamily → OS/360 ⓘ
this entity surface form: DOS/360
TOS/360 → relatedTo → OS/360 ⓘ
TOS/360 → successor → OS/360 ⓘ
this entity surface form: DOS/360