Dartmouth Time-Sharing System
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Dartmouth Time-Sharing System was an early pioneering time-sharing operating system developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s that enabled multiple users to interact with a central computer simultaneously and popularized interactive computing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interactive computing system
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time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
computer science
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computing education ⓘ |
| allows | multiple users to interact with a central computer simultaneously ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dartmouth BASIC project ⓘ |
| computingModel | remote terminal access ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor |
educational use
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undergraduate students ⓘ |
| developer |
Dartmouth College
NERFINISHED
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John G. Kemeny NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas E. Kurtz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1960s computing ⓘ |
| feature |
fast turnaround for program execution
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interactive debugging ⓘ support for many concurrent users ⓘ |
| goal |
make computing easy to learn and use
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provide computing access to all Dartmouth students ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key milestone in the history of interactive computing
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one of the first large-scale academic time-sharing systems ⓘ |
| inception |
1963
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1964 ⓘ |
| influenced |
interactive programming environments
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later time-sharing systems ⓘ widespread adoption of BASIC ⓘ |
| inputOutputDevice |
teleprinter terminals
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teletype terminals ⓘ |
| locationDeveloped | Hanover, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainframeComputerUsed |
GE-225
NERFINISHED
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GE-235 NERFINISHED ⓘ GE-635 NERFINISHED ⓘ GE-645 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturerOfHardware | General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkingMethod | dial-up telephone lines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing interactive computing
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supporting multiple simultaneous users ⓘ widespread use of BASIC by students ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Dartmouth College Computing Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystemType | time-sharing ⓘ |
| status | historical system ⓘ |
| successorInfluenceOn | modern multi-user operating systems ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguage | Dartmouth BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAt | Dartmouth College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
research computing
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student coursework ⓘ teaching programming ⓘ |
| userInterface | command-line interface ⓘ |
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