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The SHARE Operating System, or SOS, is an operating system introduced in 1959 by the SHARE user group. It improved on General Motors' GM-NAA I/O operating system, the first operating system written for the IBM 704, with the main objective of improving how programs were shared among users. 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
Year
1959 2
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Source Wikipedia: SHARE Operating System
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1. Wikipedia: SHARE Operating System
  • Infobox: working_state
    Discontinued
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    SHARE Operating System (SOS) is an operating system introduced in 1959 by the SHARE user group.
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2. Wikidata: SHARE Operating System
  • Wikidata Q7390171, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q7390171 P571 (inception)
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