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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>CP/M</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cowboy.html" title="cowboy"/><link rel="next" href="CPU-Wars.html" title="CPU Wars"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">CP/M</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cowboy.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CPU-Wars.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="CP-M"/><dt xmlns="" id="CP-M"><b>CP/M</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/C·P·M/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Control Program/Monitor; later <a href="../R/retcon.html"><i class="glossterm">retcon</i></a>ned to
Control Program for Microcomputers] An early microcomputer
<a href="../O/OS.html"><i class="glossterm">OS</i></a> written by hacker Gary Kildall for 8080- and
Z80-based machines, very popular in the late 1970s but virtually wiped out
by MS-DOS after the release of the IBM PC in 1981. Legend has it that
Kildall's company blew its chance to write the OS for the IBM PC because
Kildall decided to spend a day IBM's reps wanted to meet with him enjoying
the perfect flying weather in his private plane (another variant has it
that Gary's wife was much more interested in packing her suitcases for an
upcoming vacation than in clinching a deal with IBM). Many of CP/M's
features and conventions strongly resemble those of early
<a href="../D/DEC.html"><i class="glossterm">DEC</i></a> operating systems such as
<a href="../T/TOPS-10.html"><i class="glossterm">TOPS-10</i></a>, OS/8, RSTS, and RSX-11. See
<a href="../M/MS-DOS.html"><i class="glossterm">MS-DOS</i></a>,
<a href="../O/operating-system.html"><i class="glossterm">operating system</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cowboy.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CPU-Wars.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cowboy </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> CPU Wars</td></tr></table></div></body></html>