Multics (Multi plexed I nformation and C omputing S ervice) is a comprehensive, general-
purpose programming system which is being developed as a research project. The initial …

The JOHNNIAC Open-Shop System (JOSS) is an experimental, on-line, time-shared
computing system which has been in daily use by staff members of The RAND Corporation …

This paper discusses the development and current state of the art in parallel processing. The
advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches are described from a pragmatic …

The purpose of this dissertation was to trace the development of interactive computing from
the middle 1950s through the early 1970s. It begins with an examination of the military …

The proper design of scheduling processes for time-shared computers has provoked much
discussion. One of the factors promoting discussion is the great variety of scheduling …

The concept of time-shared computer operations is briefly described and a model of a time-
sharing system is proposed, based on the assumption that both interarrival and service …

The problems of machine language programming, in the broad sense of coding in which it is
possible to write each instruction out explicitly, have been curiously neglected in the …

The notion of machine-aided cognition implies an intimate collaboration between a human
user and a computer in a real-time dialogue on the solution of a problem, in which the two …

Present-day computing facilities are limited in their value for scientific research by inability to
interact strongly with users. The full power of a research computing instrument should be …

Remote computing has been around as long as computers themselves. More recently,
interest has revived in providing remote users with convenient, economical access to a large …