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Michigan Terminal System

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The Michigan Terminal System, known as MTS, is one of the first time-sharing computer operating systems. Created in 1967 at the University of Michigan for IBM System/360-67, System/370 and compatible mainframe computers, it was developed and used over a period of 33 years by a consortium of eight universities in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Discontinued 1
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1967 2
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Source Wikipedia: Michigan Terminal System
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1. Wikipedia: Michigan Terminal System
  • Infobox: working_state
    Historic
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    Michigan Terminal System (MTS) is one of the first time-sharing computer operating systems.
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2. Wikidata: Michigan Terminal System
  • Wikidata Q6837755, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q6837755 P571 (inception)
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