WAITS

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WAITS was an influential time-sharing operating system developed at Stanford University for the DEC PDP-10, notable for its advanced interactive computing and research-oriented features in the 1970s and 1980s.

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instanceOf operating system
time-sharing operating system
basedOn TOPS-10 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED
Stanford University NERFINISHED
feature command-line interface
debugging facilities
device drivers for various terminals
file system with hierarchical organization
job control facilities
process scheduling
program development tools
system-wide text editors
virtual memory support (on later PDP-10 models)
hardwarePlatform DEC PDP-10 KA10 NERFINISHED
DEC PDP-10 KI10 NERFINISHED
DEC PDP-10 KL10 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important example of 1970s time-sharing systems
influential in the development of interactive computing at universities
influenced later interactive computing environments
time-sharing system design
influencedBy Project MAC timesharing system NERFINISHED
languageOfImplementation assembly language for PDP-10
mainInstitution Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED
Stanford University Computer Science Department NERFINISHED
notableFor advanced interactive computing
extensive debugging tools
multi-user time-sharing
powerful terminal support
research-oriented features
rich text-editing facilities
support for artificial intelligence research
support for computer music research
operatingSystemFor DEC PDP-10 NERFINISHED
supports batch and interactive jobs
file sharing among users
interactive programming
multiple simultaneous users
networked terminals
timePeriod 1970s
1980s
usedFor artificial intelligence research
computer music composition and research
general academic computing
software development
usedIn Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory NERFINISHED
Stanford University campus computing NERFINISHED

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