Alto OS
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Alto OS is the pioneering operating system developed for Xerox's Alto computer, notable for helping introduce the graphical user interface and mouse-driven interaction to personal computing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alto OS canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
graphical user interface operating system
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operating system ⓘ |
| approximateReleaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Xerox Alto project
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Xerox PARC research environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor | personal computing ⓘ |
| developedAt | Palo Alto Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Xerox
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Xerox PARC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displayType | bitmapped display ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early example of a fully integrated GUI-based OS ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple Lisa OS
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Apple Macintosh System Software NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ Star workstation software ⓘ modern desktop operating systems ⓘ |
| inputDevice |
keyboard
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mouse ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
WYSIWYG document editing
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bitmapped display interface ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ icon-based interaction ⓘ mouse-driven interaction ⓘ overlapping windows ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of mouse in personal computing
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influencing later commercial GUIs ⓘ pioneering GUI in personal computing ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFor | Xerox Alto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Xerox Alto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
document-centric computing concepts
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networked computing concepts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Xerox internal projects
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research environments ⓘ university computing labs ⓘ |
| userInterface |
graphical user interface
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mouse-driven interface ⓘ |
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