TOPS family
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The TOPS family is a series of operating systems developed by Digital Equipment Corporation for its PDP-10 mainframe computers.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
operating system family
ⓘ
time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| architecture | 36-bit ⓘ |
| basedOn | DEC time-sharing concepts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedFor |
DECSYSTEM-20
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DECsystem-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ PDP-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
| fileSystemType | DEC proprietary file system ⓘ |
| hardwareType | mainframe computer ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early commercial time-sharing operating system family ⓘ |
| includes |
TOPS-10
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
TOPS-10A NERFINISHED ⓘ TOPS-10B NERFINISHED ⓘ TOPS-20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later DEC operating systems ⓘ |
| intendedUsers |
academic institutions
ⓘ
commercial users ⓘ research organizations ⓘ |
| manufacturerOfHardware | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| market | mainframe computers ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
command-line interface
ⓘ
interactive time-sharing environment ⓘ support for multiple programming languages ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | PDP-10 architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
batch processing
ⓘ
time-sharing ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageSupport |
ALGOL variants
ⓘ
COBOL NERFINISHED ⓘ FORTRAN NERFINISHED ⓘ MACRO assembly ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supports |
accounting and resource control
ⓘ
batch jobs ⓘ file system management ⓘ job control ⓘ multi-user access ⓘ networking extensions ⓘ time-sharing terminals ⓘ |
| usedWith |
DECSYSTEM-20 mainframes
ⓘ
DECsystem-10 mainframes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| userInterface | command-line interface ⓘ |
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