MINIMOP
Encyclopedia
MINIMOP was an operating system
which ran on the International Computers Limited (ICL) 1900 series
of computers. MINIMOP provided an on-line, time-sharing
environment (Multiple Online Programming, or MOP in ICL terminology). Batch facilities
could be provided by simultaneously running George 2
on the same machine. MINIMOP was named to reflect its role as an alternative to the MOP facilities of George 3
, which required a more powerful machine.
Queen Mary College, London, now Queen Mary, University of London
, later developed MAXIMOP, an improved system largely compatible with MINIMOP.
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
which ran on the International Computers Limited (ICL) 1900 series
ICT 1900 series
ICT 1900 was the name given to a series of mainframe computers released by International Computers and Tabulators and later International Computers Limited during the 1960s and '70s...
of computers. MINIMOP provided an on-line, time-sharing
Time-sharing
Time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking. Its introduction in the 1960s, and emergence as the prominent model of computing in the 1970s, represents a major technological shift in the history of computing.By allowing a large...
environment (Multiple Online Programming, or MOP in ICL terminology). Batch facilities
Batch processing
Batch processing is execution of a series of programs on a computer without manual intervention.Batch jobs are set up so they can be run to completion without manual intervention, so all input data is preselected through scripts or command-line parameters...
could be provided by simultaneously running George 2
GEORGE (operating system)
GEORGE was the name given to a series of operating systems released by International Computers and Tabulators in the 1960s, for the ICT 1900 series of computers....
on the same machine. MINIMOP was named to reflect its role as an alternative to the MOP facilities of George 3
GEORGE (operating system)
GEORGE was the name given to a series of operating systems released by International Computers and Tabulators in the 1960s, for the ICT 1900 series of computers....
, which required a more powerful machine.
Queen Mary College, London, now Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, later developed MAXIMOP, an improved system largely compatible with MINIMOP.