What is Multics?

Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was a timesharing operating system that begun in 1965 and is still in use today. The system was started as a joint project by MIT Project MAC, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and GE. Prof. F. J. Corbato of MIT led the project. Bell Labs withdrew from the development effort in 1969, and later GE sold its computer business to Honeywell, which continued Multics development and offered Multics as a commercial product.

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