Windows, Linux, Mac OS: Without an operating system, a PC would be unusable for most users. The surface takes a lot of work from us, automated processes and represent them visually appealing.
Director laid the foundation for Windows and Co., The first automatic operating system in the world - and that was 70 years old on March 8.
Director was invented on the famous with (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in order to be able to use the whirlwind i more effectively. It was a groundbreaking digital real-time computer that was developed during the Cold War.
In front of Director, machines have only implemented a command that was given to them by hole card or by switching. To switch from one task to the next, you had to change the command manually.
Director, on the other hand, was fed with magnetic tapes. These contained predefined instructions for the automatic execution of orders. The whirlwind I then worked it out without it being able to need entries by a person.
This was an early forerunner of the so-called "Batch Processing", which was later standardized in large computers (for example by IBM). Batch processes are also available in modern operating systems such as Windows.
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Was ist »Batch-Processing«?
Batch-Processing denotes the processing of data in large groups or "batches" instead of real time. It is often used in data processing to increase efficiency by collecting tasks and working together at a later date.
The whirlwind I was very important for the Americans.It served as the basis for the later saga system of the US Air Force, which was developed for air defense in the Cold War. On May 29, 1959, Whirlwind I was finally switched off after almost 10 years, soComputer History Museum.
The world's first hard drive
The first Windows was released on November 20, 1985.It was initially only intended as a graphic interface for Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system, which appeared four years earlier. Today Windows is one of the most successful operating systems worldwide.
Incidentally, the classic Mac OS for Apple computers appeared in 1984; Linux 1.0 even only in 1994.
