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Definitions for CTSS:

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
CTSS Compatible Time Sharing System (Unix, predecessor, OS, MIT)

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
CTSS Cray TimeSharing System (OS, Cray, LLNL)

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
CTSS /C-T-S-S/ n. Compatible Time-Sharing System. An early (1963) experiment in the design of interactive time-sharing operating systems, ancestral to {Multics}, {Unix}, and {ITS}. The name {ITS} (Incompatible Time-sharing System) was a hack on CTSS, meant both as a joke and to express some basic differences in philosophy about the way I/O services should be presented to user programs.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
CTSS Compatible Timesharing System

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CTS Home Page
An IT consulting, training, programming and staffing firm based in Houston, Texas.

MHCP Provider Manual - Mental Health - Children's ...
CTSS is one of the rehabilitative mental health packages covered by MHCP. People with mental illness often face barriers such as problems in communication and inter ...

Influences
The Compatible Time-Sharing System, or the CTSS, was one of the first time-sharing operating systems; it was developed at MIT 's Computation Center.
 

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