Multics

Known as: Multex, Multics operating system, Multiplexed Information and Computing Service 
Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) is an influential early time-sharing operating system, based around the concept of a single… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The Multics Kernel Design Project
We describe a plan to create an auditable version of Multics. The engineering experiments of that plan are now complete. Type… (More)
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1977
1977
Measurements of Sharing in Multics
There are many good arguments for implementing information systems as distributed systems. These arguments depend on the extent… (More)
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Review
1976
Review
1976
Secure Computer System: Unified Exposition and Multics Interpretation
or other data are used for any purpose other than a definitely related government procurement operation, the government thereby… (More)
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Protection and the Control of Information Sharing in MULTICS
This paper describes the design of mechanisms to control sharing of information in the Multics system. Seven design principles… (More)
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The Multics Virtual Memory: Concepts and Design
As experience with use of on-line operating systems has grown, the need to share information among system users has become… (More)
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1971
1971
Multics: the first seven years
In 1964, following implementation of the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) serious planning began on the development of a new… (More)
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1969
1969
The multics virtual memory
As experience with use of on-line operating systems has grown, the need to share information among system users has become… (More)
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1969
1969
The multics interprocess communication facility
Essential to any multi-process computer system is some mechanism to enable coexisting processes to communicate with one another… (More)
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1969
1969
The multics PL/1 compiler
The Multics PL/1 compiler is in many respects a "second generation" PL/1 compiler. It was built at a time when the language was… (More)
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Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Virtual memory, processes, and sharing in Multics
The value of a computer system to its users is greatly enhanced if a user can, in a simple and general way, build his work upon… (More)
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