MIT Project Athena
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MIT Project Athena was an influential 1980s MIT initiative that pioneered modern distributed computing in education and produced key technologies such as the Kerberos authentication system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| MIT Project Athena canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
distributed computing project
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educational computing initiative ⓘ research and development project ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
MIT faculty
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MIT students ⓘ |
| basedOn | UNIX workstations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | pioneering project in distributed computing for education ⓘ |
| developedBy |
MIT Information Systems
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MIT faculty and students ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1990s ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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distributed computing ⓘ educational technology ⓘ |
| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| influenced |
campus-wide distributed computing infrastructures
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client–server computing in higher education ⓘ network authentication systems ⓘ single sign-on architectures ⓘ university computing environments worldwide ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundation for MIT’s later Athena and Debathena environments
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infrastructure model for later campus computing systems at MIT ⓘ widespread adoption of Kerberos in industry and academia ⓘ |
| location | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
central account and file management
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network-transparent access to applications ⓘ single, consistent computing environment across campus ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hesiod name service
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Kerberos authentication protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ X Window System NERFINISHED ⓘ Zephyr notification service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
Hesiod
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Kerberos NERFINISHED ⓘ X Window System NERFINISHED ⓘ Zephyr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to create a campus-wide distributed computing environment for education
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to integrate computing into university education and research ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Digital Equipment Corporation
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IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1983 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| used |
centralized authentication and authorization
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network file systems ⓘ networked workstations distributed across the MIT campus ⓘ |
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