Pick operating system
The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing. It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick.
| Developer | Don Nelson Dick Pick TRW |
|---|---|
| Written in | Assembly language |
| Initial release | 1965 (GIRLS), 1973 (Reality Operating System) |
| Marketing target | Business data processing |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | Solaris, Linux, AIX, Windows Server (2000 and up) |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (or none for operating environment implementations) |
| Default user interface | Text-based |
| License | Proprietary |
The term "Pick system" has also come to be used as the general name of all operating environments which employ this multivalued database and have some implementation of Pick/BASIC and ENGLISH/Access queries. Although Pick started on a variety of minicomputers, the system and its various implementations eventually spread to a large assortment of microcomputers, personal computers, and mainframe computers.
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