Multics
E183311
Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Multics canonical | 16 |
| Multics time-sharing system | 3 |
| Multics operating system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1611995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multics Context triple: [Unix, influencedBy, Multics]
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A.
OS/360
OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
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B.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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C.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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D.
Oberon operating system
The Oberon operating system is a minimalist, modular OS designed by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht to accompany the Oberon programming language and demonstrate principles of simplicity and efficiency in system design.
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E.
CP/M
CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multics Target entity description: Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
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A.
OS/360
OS/360 is IBM's landmark mainframe operating system introduced in the 1960s for the System/360 family, known for pioneering modern concepts in batch processing, multiprogramming, and system software design.
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B.
Honeywell 316 minicomputer
The Honeywell 316 minicomputer was a small, 16-bit general-purpose computer from the late 1960s widely used in early networking and control applications.
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C.
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
The Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer was a rugged, 16-bit computer from the 1960s widely used in real-time and military applications, notably serving as the hardware platform for the original ARPANET Interface Message Processors.
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D.
Oberon operating system
The Oberon operating system is a minimalist, modular OS designed by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht to accompany the Oberon programming language and demonstrate principles of simplicity and efficiency in system design.
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E.
CP/M
CP/M is an early microcomputer operating system widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for its influence on later systems like MS-DOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
operating system
ⓘ
time-sharing operating system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Multics ⓘ |
| basedOn | CTSS ⓘ |
| commercializedBy | Honeywell ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high availability
ⓘ
interactive computing ⓘ reliability ⓘ security ⓘ |
| developer |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
ⓘ
General Electric ⓘ Honeywell ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| era | 1960s computing ⓘ |
| firstOperational | 1965 ⓘ |
| fullName | Multiplexed Information and Computing Service ⓘ |
| inceptionYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Unix
ⓘ
modern operating systems ⓘ security models in later OSes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | CTSS ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
access control lists
ⓘ
command processor shell ⓘ dynamic linking ⓘ file system permissions model ⓘ hierarchical file system ⓘ online reconfiguration ⓘ per-process address space ⓘ ring-based security ⓘ segmentation and paging ⓘ single-level store ⓘ |
| legacy | pioneered many concepts adopted by Unix ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
command-line interface
ⓘ
dynamic reconfiguration of hardware ⓘ file system with pathnames ⓘ fine-grained memory protection ⓘ modular design ⓘ multi-user support ⓘ online system maintenance ⓘ per-user directories ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ |
| operatingSystemType | time-sharing ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
PL/I
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| projectPartner |
Bell Labs
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell Telephone Laboratories
General Electric ⓘ MIT Project MAC ⓘ |
| ranOn |
GE-645
ⓘ
Honeywell 6000 series ⓘ Honeywell 6180 ⓘ
linked to:
Honeywell 200 series
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Multics Description of subject: Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential pioneering time-sharing operating system developed in the 1960s that introduced many concepts later adopted by modern operating systems, including Unix.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Multics
linked to: Multics
subject linked to:
Corbató
linked to: Multics
subject linked to:
CTSS time-sharing system
linked to: Multics