TOPS-10
:TOPS-10:: /tops-ten/ n. DEC
's proprietary OS for the fabled PDP-10
machines, long a favorite of hackers but now effectively extinct. A
fountain of hacker folklore; see Appendix A. See also ITS
,
TOPS-20
}, TWENEX
}, VMS
, operating system
TOPS-10 was
sometimes called BOTS-10 (from `bottoms-ten') as a comment on the
inappropriateness of describing it as the top of anything.
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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