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EDIT—an interactive network service; design and implementation
Author(s) -
Hillman A. L.,
Schofield D.
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.4380070505
Subject(s) - computer science , graphics , service (business) , word (group theory) , world wide web , multimedia , operating system , linguistics , philosophy , economy , economics
EDIT is a time‐sharing system which offers interactive services over the NPL network. These services include various kinds of editing, word processing, data movement and file control. The system is implemented on a PDP11/40 and can serve up to 30 users simultaneously, on high‐speed displays and other terminals. There is an attached background processor (PDP11/45) which supports graphics and background jobs. This paper describes the design and implementation of EDIT and relates this to the needs of the system and of its users.