Xerox Alto OS

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf operating system
gptkbp:activities preemptive multitasking
gptkbp:architect object-oriented programming
gptkbp:designedFor Xerox_Alto_computer
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Xerox_PARC
gptkbp:developer Xerox_Alto_Development_Environment
gptkbp:environment Xerox_Lisp_Machine
gptkbp:features graphical user interface
gptkbp:firstPublished 1973
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Xerox Alto OS
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Microsoft_Windows
gptkb:NeXTSTEP
gptkb:Apple_Macintosh_OS
modern operating systems
gptkbp:influencedBy Smalltalk
gptkbp:inputOutput mouse
keyboard
gptkbp:language gptkb:Pascal
Lisp
Smalltalk
gptkbp:legacy pioneered personal computing
influenced user interface design
introduced desktop metaphor
popularized graphical user interfaces
gptkbp:netIncome Xerox_Network_Systems_(XNS)
gptkbp:notableFeature menus
icons
drag and drop functionality
windowing system
Bravo text editor
Gypsy word processor
Interlisp programming environment
gptkbp:RAM segmented memory
gptkbp:rootSystem Hierarchical file system
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Xerox_Star_OS
gptkbp:supports networking capabilities
bitmapped graphics
gptkbp:userBase universities
research institutions
corporate research labs
gptkbp:userInterface WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
gptkbp:uses Ethernet