A REPORT ON A LARGE-SCALE TIME-SHARING SYSTEM,

Abstract

The System Development Corporation, under ARPA sponsorship, has developed a time-sharing system on the Q-32 computer. Time-sharing, in this case, implies simultaneous access to the computer by a large number of independent users. The goal of the system is to provide essentially immediate response to queries from all users. Users have at their disposal keyboards (primarily teletype), displays, and other computers. These devices can be operated from local (within SDC Santa Monica) or remote stations. The system has been operational since June, 1963. It permits program production and debugging, experimentation with human subjects, rapid on-line programming and computation, and other functions which can benefit from computer-human interaction. This paper discusses the system as it appears to the user, the general design of the system, and relates some of the experience had in using the system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425527

Entities

People

  • Jules I. Schwartz

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calculators
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Corporations
  • Debugging
  • Keyboards
  • Office Equipment And Supplies
  • Production
  • Software Development
  • Typewriters

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design