JOSS: A DESIGNER'S VIEW OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ON-LINE COMPUTING SYSTEM

Abstract

JOSS (JOHNNIAC Open-Shop System) is an experimental on-line, time- shared computing service. It is in daily use by staff members of The RAND corporation for the solution of small numerical problems. The users compose stored programs and interact with JOSS through remote typewriter consoles by using a single, high-level language. The system is described with emphasis on those features which have led users to accept it as a convenient new tool. JOSS provides use of familiar typewriters, exact input/output, decimal arithmetic, high-level algebraic language with English punctuation rules, easy modification and repair of programs, and report-quality formatted output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603972

Entities

People

  • J. C. Shaw

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carriages
  • Communication Systems
  • Communication Terminals
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Consoles
  • Electron Tubes
  • Keyboards
  • Language
  • Machine Languages
  • Machines
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • System Software
  • Typewriters

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Computer Science.