CP/M

E40551
8-bit operating system microcomputer operating system operating system

CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
CP/M canonical 23
CP/M-80 6
CP/M family 4

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit operating system ⓘ
microcomputer operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
abbreviationOf Control Program for Microcomputers ⓘ
component CP/M self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BDOS

BIOS ⓘ
CCP ⓘ
creator Gary Kildall ⓘ
defaultCommandProcessor CCP ⓘ
designedFor Intel 8080 ⓘ
Intel 8085 ⓘ
Zilog Z80 ⓘ
developer Digital Research ⓘ
distributionMedium floppy disk ⓘ
fileExtensionConvention .ASM ⓘ
.COM ⓘ
.HEX ⓘ
.SUB ⓘ
fileSystem 8.3 filename convention ⓘ
flat file system ⓘ
firstReleased 1974 ⓘ
hasDefaultShellCommand DIR ⓘ
ED ⓘ
PIP ⓘ
STAT ⓘ
SUBMIT ⓘ
influenced MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: 86-DOS

CP/M-86 ⓘ
Concurrent CP/M ⓘ
DR-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
influencedBy DEC operating systems ⓘ
inspiredBy mainframe operating systems ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
memoryModel 64 KB address space ⓘ
notableFor influence on MS-DOS design ⓘ
widespread use on early microcomputers ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily CP/M self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CP/M family
originalReleaseYear 1974 ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
platform 8-bit microcomputers ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
successor CP/M-86 ⓘ
Concurrent CP/M ⓘ
DR-DOS ⓘ
supports .COM executable format ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ
single-tasking ⓘ
single-user operation ⓘ
transient programs ⓘ
targetHardware disk-based microcomputers ⓘ
usedOn Amstrad CPC ⓘ
Amstrad PCW ⓘ
Zilog Z80 ⓘ
surface form: IMSAI 8080

Kaypro computers ⓘ
MITS Altair 8800 ⓘ
Osborne 1 ⓘ
S-100 bus computers ⓘ
userInterface command-line interface ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Turbo Pascal → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
CP/M-86 → basedOn → CP/M ⓘ
CP/M-86 → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M ⓘ
CP/M-86 → component → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: BDOS
CP/M-86 → influencedBy → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
CP/M → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M family
CP/M → component → CP/M self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BDOS
Intel 8080 → notableSoftware → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M operating system
Ashton-Tate → operatingSystemSupport → CP/M ⓘ
VisiCalc → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
Digital Research → notableWork → CP/M ⓘ
Digital Research → notableWork → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
Digital Research → product → CP/M ⓘ
Digital Research → knownFor → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M operating system
Digital Research → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M family
Gary Kildall → knownFor → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M operating system
Gary Kildall → developed → CP/M ⓘ
Gary Kildall → notableWork → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers)
CCP → usedIn → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
CCP → developedFor → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digital Research CP/M
Concurrent DOS → relatedTo → CP/M ⓘ
Digital Research, Inc. → notableWork → CP/M ⓘ
Digital Research, Inc. → notableWork → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
Digital Research, Inc. → developed → CP/M ⓘ
Console Command Processor (CCP) → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M ⓘ
Sharp X1 → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M (via disk and expansions)
Concurrent CP/M → basedOn → CP/M ⓘ
Concurrent CP/M → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M family
Concurrent CP/M → influencedBy → CP/M ⓘ
S-100 bus computers → commonOS → CP/M ⓘ
S-100 bus computers → commonOS → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
Kaypro computers → primaryOperatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
Osborne 1 → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M 2.2
MITS Altair 8800 → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
Control Program for Microcomputers → abbreviation → CP/M ⓘ
Control Program for Microcomputers → operatingSystemFamily → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M family
Control Program for Microcomputers → successor → CP/M ⓘ
this entity surface form: CP/M-80
Amstrad PCW → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
AmigaDOS → influencedBy → CP/M ⓘ
StarWriter for CP/M → operatingSystem → CP/M ⓘ
StarWriter for CP/M → platform → CP/M ⓘ