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63 relations: Advanced Comprehensive Operating System, ALGOL 68, APL (programming language), ASCII, B (programming language), Batch processing, BCD (character encoding), Bell Labs, Boston, COBOL, CODASYL, Computer multitasking, Coral 66, Database, Database transaction, DOS/360 and successors, Emulator, Europe, Fortran, France, GE-600 series, Gecos field, General Electric, Gibibyte, Gigabyte, Groupe Bull, Honeywell 6000 series, IBM, IBM 7090/94 IBSYS, IBM AIX, IBM System/360, IDMS, Instruction set simulator, Integrated Data Store, Intel, Italy, Itanium, JOVIAL, Kibibyte, Linux, Mainframe computer, Massachusetts, Mebibyte, Megabyte, Microsoft Windows, Minicomputer, Motorola 68000, Multics, NEC, Operating system, ..., Passwd, PowerPC, Process (computing), SNOBOL, Spooling, Time-sharing, Timeline of operating systems, Transaction processing, Unix, Unix-like, User (computing), Worldwide Military Command and Control System, Xeon. Expand index (13 more) »
Advanced Comprehensive Operating System
Advanced Comprehensive Operating System is a family of mainframe computer operating systems developed by NEC for the Japanese market.
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ALGOL 68
ALGOL 68 (short for Algorithmic Language 1968) is an imperative computer programming language that was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 programming language, designed with the goal of a much wider scope of application and more rigorously defined syntax and semantics.
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APL (programming language)
APL (named after the book A Programming Language) is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson.
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ASCII
ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.
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B (programming language)
B is a programming language developed at Bell Labs circa 1969.
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Batch processing
In computing, batch processing refers to a computer working through a queue or batch of separate jobs (programs) without manual intervention (non-interactive).
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BCD (character encoding)
BCD ("Binary-Coded Decimal"), also called alphanumeric BCD, alphameric BCD, BCD Interchange Code, or BCDIC, is a family of representations of numerals, uppercase Latin letters, and some special and control characters as six-bit character codes.
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Bell Labs
Nokia Bell Labs (formerly named AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Labs) is an American research and scientific development company, owned by Finnish company Nokia.
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Boston
Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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COBOL
COBOL (an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use.
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CODASYL
CODASYL, the Conference/Committee on Data Systems Languages, was a consortium formed in 1959 to guide the development of a standard programming language that could be used on many computers.
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Computer multitasking
In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time.
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Coral 66
CORAL (Computer On-line Real-time Applications Language) is a programming language originally developed in 1964 at the Royal Radar Establishment (RRE), Malvern, UK, as a subset of JOVIAL.
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Database
A database is an organized collection of data, stored and accessed electronically.
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Database transaction
A transaction symbolizes a unit of work performed within a database management system (or similar system) against a database, and treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other transactions.
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DOS/360 and successors
Disk Operating System/360, also DOS/360, or simply DOS, is a discontinued operating system for IBM mainframes.
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Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Fortran
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN, derived from Formula Translation) is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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GE-600 series
The GE-600 series was a family of 36-bit mainframe computers originating in the 1960s, built by General Electric (GE).
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Gecos field
The gecos field, or GECOS field is an entry in the /etc/passwd file on Unix, and similar operating systems.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gibibyte
The gibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Groupe Bull
Bull SAS (also known as Groupe Bull, Bull Information Systems, or simply Bull) is a French-owned computer company headquartered in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, in the western suburbs of Paris.
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Honeywell 6000 series
The Honeywell 6000 series computers were rebadged versions of General Electric's 600-series mainframes manufactured by Honeywell International, Inc. from 1970 to 1989.
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IBM
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.
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IBM 7090/94 IBSYS
IBSYS is the discontinued tape-based operating system that IBM supplied with its IBM 7090 and IBM 7094 computers.
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IBM AIX
AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive, pronounced) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM for several of its computer platforms.
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IBM System/360
The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978.
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IDMS
CA IDMS (Integrated Database Management System) is primarily a network model (CODASYL) database management system for mainframes.
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Instruction set simulator
An instruction set simulator (ISS) is a simulation model, usually coded in a high-level programming language, which mimics the behavior of a mainframe or microprocessor by "reading" instructions and maintaining internal variables which represent the processor's registers.
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Integrated Data Store
Integrated Data Store (IDS) was an early network database management system largely used by industry, known for its high performance.
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Intel
Intel Corporation (stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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Itanium
Itanium is a family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64).
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JOVIAL
JOVIAL is a high-level computer programming language similar to ALGOL, specialized for the development of embedded systems (specialized computer systems designed to perform one or a few dedicated functions, usually embedded as part of a complete device including mechanical parts).
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Kibibyte
The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Mainframe computer
Mainframe computers (colloquially referred to as "big iron") are computers used primarily by large organizations for critical applications; bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning; and transaction processing.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Mebibyte
The mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
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Minicomputer
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was developed in the mid-1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.
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Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 ("'sixty-eight-thousand'"; also called the m68k or Motorola 68k, "sixty-eight-kay") is a 16/32-bit CISC microprocessor, which implements a 32-bit instruction set, with 32-bit registers and 32-bit internal data bus, but with a 16-bit data ALU and two 16-bit arithmetic ALUs and a 16-bit external data bus, designed and marketed by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.
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Multics
Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is an influential early time-sharing operating system, based around the concept of a single-level memory.
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NEC
is a Japanese multinational provider of information technology (IT) services and products, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Passwd
passwd is a tool on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to change a user's password.
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PowerPC
PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM.
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Process (computing)
In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed.
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SNOBOL
SNOBOL (StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language) is a series of computer programming languages developed between 1962 and 1967 at AT&T Bell Laboratories by David J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky, culminating in SNOBOL4.
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Spooling
In computing, spooling is a specialized form of multi-programming for the purpose of copying data between different devices.
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Time-sharing
In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking at the same time.
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Timeline of operating systems
This article presents a timeline of events in the history of computer operating systems from 1951 to the current day.
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Transaction processing
Transaction processing is information processing in computer science that is divided into individual, indivisible operations called transactions.
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Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
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Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
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User (computing)
A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network service.
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Worldwide Military Command and Control System
The Worldwide Military Command and Control System, or WWMCCS, was a military command and control system implemented for the command and control of the United States military.
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Xeon
Xeon is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded system markets.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Comprehensive_Operating_System
