W Window System
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| W Window System | |
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| [[Programmer|Original authorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Paul Asente, Brian Reid |
| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Stanford University |
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| Operating system | V operating system |
| Successor | X Window System |
| Type | Windowing system |
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The W Window System, or simply W, is a discontinued windowing system and precursor, in name and concept, to the modern X Window System.
W was originally developed at Stanford University by Paul Asente and Brian Reid for the V operating system. In 1983, Paul Asente and Chris Kent ported the system to UNIX on the VS100, giving a copy to those working at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science.[1]
In 1984, Bob Scheifler of MIT replaced the synchronous protocol of W with an asynchronous alternative and named the result X.[2]
Since this time, the X window system has gone through many fundamental changes and no longer bears any significant resemblance to W.
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scheifler, Robert W.; Gettys, Jim (April 1986). "The X window system". ACM Transactions on Graphics. 5 (2): 79–109. doi:10.1145/22949.24053. hdl:1721.1/149636. ISSN 0730-0301. S2CID 18458549.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Talisman: Debut of X". www.talisman.org. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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