PDP-10
E536299
The PDP-10 was a family of mainframe computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the late 1960s and 1970s, widely used in research and time-sharing systems and influential in the development of early programming languages and operating systems.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PDP-10 Monitor system | 1 |
| PDP-10 family | 1 |
| PDP-10 mainframe computer | 1 |
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer architecture
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mainframe computer ⓘ |
| addressSpace |
18-bit address
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256K words maximum per address space ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
DECSYSTEM-10
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DECsystem-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ PDP10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterEncoding | 6-bit character packing ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
research laboratories
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timesharing service bureaus ⓘ university computing centers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| cpuArchitecture | 36-bit two’s-complement ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinuedYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| influenced |
ARPA research computing infrastructure
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Lisp machine development ⓘ early time-sharing systems ⓘ hacker culture at MIT and other universities ⓘ operating system design ⓘ programming language development ⓘ symbolic computing systems ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | DECsystem-10 time-sharing system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkRole |
host on the ARPANET
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time-sharing service host ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive macro-assembly facilities
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hardware support for time-sharing ⓘ powerful instruction set for symbolic processing ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
ALGOL
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BCPL NERFINISHED ⓘ BLISS NERFINISHED ⓘ COBOL NERFINISHED ⓘ FORTRAN NERFINISHED ⓘ LISP NERFINISHED ⓘ MACRO-10 assembly language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ Simula NERFINISHED ⓘ early C implementations ⓘ |
| notableModel |
KA10
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KI10 NERFINISHED ⓘ KL10 NERFINISHED ⓘ KS10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSoftware |
Adventure (Colossal Cave Adventure)
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EMACS (early versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ INTERLISP (ports and variants) ⓘ MACLISP NERFINISHED ⓘ MACSYMA NERFINISHED ⓘ TECO text editor NERFINISHED ⓘ Zork (original version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
ITS
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SITS NERFINISHED ⓘ TENEX NERFINISHED ⓘ TOPS-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ TOPS-20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Tymcom-X NERFINISHED ⓘ WAITS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Programmed Data Processor series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | PDP-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
DECSYSTEM-20
NERFINISHED
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KL10-based DECSYSTEM-20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
artificial intelligence research
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computer science education ⓘ interactive computing ⓘ research computing ⓘ software development ⓘ time-sharing ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ARPA-sponsored research sites
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Bolt Beranek and Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Carnegie Mellon University NERFINISHED ⓘ MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ Xerox PARC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordSize | 36-bit ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
PDP-10 family