Xerox Star system
E72448
The Xerox Star system was an early commercial workstation that pioneered the modern graphical user interface with icons, windows, and a desktop metaphor, profoundly influencing later personal computers.
Observed surface forms (11)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer workstation
ⓘ
graphical user interface system ⓘ office information system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Xerox Star system
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox 8010 Information System
Xerox Star system ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Star workstation
|
| brand | Xerox ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | commercial product ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| designGoal | integrated electronic office ⓘ |
| developer |
Xerox
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Corporation
Xerox PARC ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
|
| hardwarePlatform |
Xerox Star system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox 8010 workstation
|
| historicalSignificance |
first commercial system to use a modern graphical user interface
ⓘ
major influence on later personal computers ⓘ pioneered desktop metaphor in computing ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple Lisa
ⓘ
Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Macintosh
Microsoft Windows graphical user interface ⓘ desktop metaphor in personal computing ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Smalltalk
ⓘ
surface form:
Smalltalk environment
Xerox Alto ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| introduced | 1981 ⓘ |
| marketImpact | limited commercial success ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Ethernet networking support
ⓘ
WYSIWYG document editing ⓘ bitmap display ⓘ desktop metaphor ⓘ icon-based file management ⓘ icons representing documents and applications ⓘ integrated office applications ⓘ modeless user interface design ⓘ mouse-driven pointer ⓘ networked file servers ⓘ overlapping windows ⓘ property sheets for object attributes ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Xerox Star system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Star OS
|
| predecessor | Xerox Alto ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
document processing
ⓘ
electronic mail ⓘ file management ⓘ office automation ⓘ |
| successor |
Xerox Star system
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox 6085 Viewpoint system
|
| supports |
electronic messaging
ⓘ
networked printing ⓘ shared network file servers ⓘ |
| targetUser |
business professionals
ⓘ
office workers ⓘ |
| userInterfaceStyle | direct manipulation interface ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xerox 8010 Information System
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star workstation
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star workstation
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star interface concepts
this entity surface form:
Xerox 8010 workstation
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star software
subject surface form:
Xerox Alto
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star OS
this entity surface form:
Xerox Star office system
this entity surface form:
Xerox 6085 Viewpoint system
subject surface form:
Mesa (programming language)
this entity surface form:
Xerox D-series workstations