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This dimension names the person or organization credited with creating a computing system. Wikipedia notes that an operating system "manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs," work that is always designed and built by a named creator. Browsing this way collects every system credited to the same creator.

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Era of Emergence
1973 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Xerox Alto
WikipediaXerox Alto, lead section
Quote, Xerox Alto, lead section
The first machines were introduced on March 1, 1973, and in limited production starting one decade before Xerox's designs inspired Apple to release the first mass-market GUI computers.
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