Accent operating system
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Accent operating system was an early experimental distributed operating system developed at Carnegie Mellon University that pioneered concepts later used in the Mach microkernel.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Accent microkernel | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributed operating system
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experimental operating system ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | computer science ⓘ |
| basedOn |
message passing
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microkernel concepts ⓘ |
| computingModel |
distributed computing
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network-transparent IPC ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developedAt | Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Carnegie Mellon University
NERFINISHED
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Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
distributed systems
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operating systems ⓘ |
| inception |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mach microkernel
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Mach operating system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedUse | research ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| mainFeature |
location-transparent communication
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message-based interprocess communication ⓘ support for distributed processes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of microkernel-based distributed OS design
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pioneering concepts later used in the Mach microkernel ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| researchProjectAt | Carnegie Mellon University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| targetHardware |
PDP-11
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VAX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Accent microkernel