TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

  

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TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

Specialty Definition: TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

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Computing

Tape Operating System (TOS) An IBM operating system for System 360, used in the early days around 1965 to support the IBM 360 model 30 et al. TOS was a predecessor to IBM's Disk Operating System. TOS died out really early as disks such as the 2311 and 2314 became common with the IBM 360 whereas thet had been a real luxury on the IBM 7090. [Relationship to BOS?] (1999-01-20). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Tape Operating System

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The Tape Operating System (TOS) was an IBM operating system for the System 360, used in the early days around 1965 to support the IBM 360 model 30 et al. TOS was a predecessor to IBM's Disk Operating System.

TOS died out really early as disks such as the IBM 2311 and IBM 2314 became common with the IBM 360 whereas they had been a real luxury on the IBM 7090. Imported from FOLDOC.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tape Operating System."

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Crosswords: TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

Specialty definitions using "TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM": TOS. (references)

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Anagrams: TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-g-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-t-t-t-y"

-5 letters: spermatogenies.

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Alternative Orthography: TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 41 50 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 49 4E 47      53 59 53 54 45 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01000001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010011 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0041 0050 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047      0053 0059 0053 0054 0045 004D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5435503924950395235544348412535953543947

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