The UNIX Time Sharing System (1974)
| Venue: | Communications of the ACM |
| Citations: | 15 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Ritchie74theunix,
author = {Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson},
title = {The UNIX Time Sharing System},
journal = {Communications of the ACM},
year = {1974},
volume = {17},
pages = {365--375}
}
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Abstract
UNIX is a general-purpose, multi-user, interactive operating system for the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11/40 and 11/45 computers. It offers a number of features seldom found even in larger operating systems, including: (1) a hierarchical file system incorporating demountable volumes; (2) compatible file, device, and inter-process I/O; (3) the ability to initiate asynchronous processes; (4) system command language selectable on a per-user basis; and (5) over 100 subsystems including a dozen languages. This paper discusses the nature and implementation of the file system and of the user command interface.
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