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Compatible Time-Sharing System

July 14 , 2019 1962 days 888 0
  • Fernando Corbató, whose work on Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) paved the way for the personal computer and the computer password has passed away at the age of 93.
  • CTSS allowed multiple users in different locations to access a single computer simultaneously through telephone lines.
  • It was developed at MIT Computation Centre in the USA during the 1960s and 70s.
  • CTSS gave way to more modern MS-DOS systems in the 1980s and on to modern Windows and OSx systems in use today.

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