CTSS time-sharing system
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The CTSS time-sharing system was one of the first operating systems to allow multiple users to interact with a computer simultaneously, pioneering modern time-sharing and interactive computing.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| CTSS | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
experimental operating system
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time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CTSS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allowed | multiple users to interact with a computer simultaneously ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor | batch and interactive computing ⓘ |
| developedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | MIT Computation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Fernando J. Corbató
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MIT Computation Center staff ⓘ Project MAC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endedOperation | early 1970s ⓘ |
| feature |
background and foreground job processing
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command-line interface ⓘ file system with per-user directories ⓘ interactive computing via terminals ⓘ online text editing ⓘ online text formatting ⓘ per-user passwords ⓘ remote terminal access ⓘ time-sharing of CPU among multiple users ⓘ |
| fileSystemFeature | per-user file protection ⓘ |
| firstDemonstrated | 1961 ⓘ |
| firstOperationalUse | 1961 ⓘ |
| fullName | Compatible Time-Sharing System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadUserInterface |
teletype terminals
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typewriter-like terminals ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major milestone in operating system history
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one of the first time-sharing systems in the world ⓘ |
| inception | early 1960s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Multics
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Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ interactive computing paradigms ⓘ modern time-sharing operating systems ⓘ |
| languageOfImplementation | assembly language ⓘ |
| locationOfDeployment | MIT campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedOn |
IBM 7090
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IBM 7094 NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM 7094/7040 Directly Coupled System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pioneered |
interactive computing
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modern time-sharing ⓘ online community use of computers ⓘ |
| ranOnArchitecture | IBM 700/7000 series mainframes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityMechanism | password-based user authentication ⓘ |
| supported | multiple simultaneous users via terminals ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education at MIT
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research computing at MIT ⓘ software development ⓘ |
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