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Ritchie and Thompson described a multi-user system combining a hierarchical file system, common input/output conventions, processes and a programmable shell.
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This record covers the 1974 system paper. The cited 1978 version is a revised account, not the original publication date. The two paper authors do not exhaust the people who built UNIX or its later descendants.
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- The UNIX time-sharing system
- The UNIX time-sharing system — deposited bibliography
- Revised author account of UNIX (1978)
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Dennis M. Ritchie; Ken Thompson
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UNIX: a reusable operating-system design
Ritchie and Thompson described a multi-user system combining a hierarchical file system, common input/output conventions, processes and a programmable shell.
Scientific scope
This record covers the 1974 system paper. The cited 1978 version is a revised account, not the original publication date. The two paper authors do not exhaust the people who built UNIX or its later descendants.
Reading status
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
Dennis M. Ritchie; Ken Thompson
Source paper byline retained, including repeated label positions. Names are not verified unique identities or measurements of individual effort.