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The Computer Journal 1963 6(1):28-36; doi:10.1093/comjnl/6.1.28
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Operational experience of time sharing and parallel processing

M. R. Mills

Honeywell controls Ltd., Moor House, London Wall, London, UK

The distinction is made between interrupt time sharing and parallel processing. Operational experience on the Honeywell 400 computer shows that considerable savings can be made by time sharing simple programs such as printing along with a main program. Parallel processing on the larger H-800 computer is a much more powerful technique and several complex programs can easily be accommodated simultaneously. An example is quoted where in 68 hours a file of 2,300,000 cards was read, converted and sorted, in parallel with the normal production of other results.


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