The UNIX timesharing system

The UNIX timesharing system (1978)

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by D. M. Ritchie , K. Thompson

Venue:	Bell System Technical fournal
Citations:	411 - 13 self

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@ARTICLE{Ritchie78theunix,
    author = {D. M. Ritchie and K. Thompson},
    title = {The UNIX timesharing system},
    journal = {Bell System Technical fournal},
    year = {1978},
    pages = {1905--1930}
}

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Unix is a general-purpose, multi-user, interactive operating system for the larger Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32 computers. It offers a number of features seldom found even in larger operating systems, including i A hierarchical file system incorporating demountable volumes, ii Compatible file, device, and inter-process I/O, iii The ability to initiate asynchronous processes, iv System command language selectable on a per-user basis, v Over 100 subsystems including a dozen languages, vi High degree of portability. This paper discusses the nature and implementation of the file system and of the user command interface.

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