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A simple network interacting programs' executive (SNIPE)
Author(s) -
Dawes N. W.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380070305
Subject(s) - minicomputer , computer science , terminal (telecommunication) , simple (philosophy) , microprocessor , operating system , west virginia , computer hardware , computer network , geography , philosophy , epistemology , archaeology
A small operating system SNIPE has been developed to enable minicomputers on the National Physical Laboratory's Data Communication Network to be used from terminals anywhere on this network. The system allows users to load and run programs over the network and provides network input and output facilities (e.g. for file transfers) with terminals and other computers. SNIPE has been kept small enough to be readily used for many network‐based minicomputer, microprocessor and intelligent terminal applications.