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Kilburn and colleagues: the Atlas one-level storage system

Described the Atlas one-level storage system, integrating fast and backing storage through automatic block transfers and address translation so programs used a single logical store.

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Described the Atlas one-level storage system, integrating fast and backing storage through automatic block transfers and address translation so programs used a single logical store.

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The record is the exact four-author 1962 IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers paper. It does not claim sole invention of virtual memory, absorb all Atlas engineering contributors or cover later paging and replacement algorithms.

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Tom Kilburn; David B. G. Edwards; Michael J. Lanigan; Frank H. Sumner

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Kilburn and colleagues: the Atlas one-level storage system

Described the Atlas one-level storage system, integrating fast and backing storage through automatic block transfers and address translation so programs used a single logical store.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact four-author 1962 IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers paper. It does not claim sole invention of virtual memory, absorb all Atlas engineering contributors or cover later paging and replacement algorithms.

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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.

People and systems

Tom Kilburn; David B. G. Edwards; Michael J. Lanigan; Frank H. Sumner

The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.

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