Development of a Multidisplay, Time-Shared Computer Facility and Computer-Augmented Management-System Research

Abstract

This report describes work in a continuing research effort on systems for computer aid to management. Specific applications to management problems include management-information systems, aids to conferencing and group interaction, and the ability to maintain highly flexible and dynamic records of various kinds and use them as a working framework. Special software developments for implementation and modification of interactive user aids include the Tree Meta compiler-compiler; the MOL940 machine-oriented programming language; four Special-Purpose Languages (SPL's), for high-level specification of user control functions; and a multipurpose interactive user-aid system (NLS) which integrates these components. Specially developed hardware coupled to the computer provides I/O service to six CRT user consoles. A novel display system uses small CRT's located in the computer room, with television coupling to the individual user consoles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0843577

Entities

People

  • D. C. Engelbart
  • J. F. Rulifson
  • W. K. English

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Processing Units
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Display Systems
  • Engineering
  • Formal Languages
  • Grammars
  • Information Transfer
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Languages
  • Programming Languages
  • Research Facilities
  • Software Development
  • Television Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).