BBN Time-Sharing System
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The BBN Time-Sharing System was an early time-sharing system created at Bolt, Beranek and Newman for the PDP-1 computer. It began operation in September 1962.
Ed Fredkin working on PDP-1, c. 1960
J. C. R. Licklider
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Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science deve
BBN Time-Sharing System
…System was an early time-sharing system created at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) for the PDP-1 computer. It began operation in September 1962. J. C. R. Licklider left MIT to become a vice president at Bolt Beranek and Newman in 1957. He learned about time-sharing from Christopher Strachey at a UNESCO-sponsored…
Portrait of J. C. R. Licklider
A SAGE operator's terminal