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In the design of OS/360, a modular operating system being implemented for a range of SYSTEM/360 configurations, the fundamental objective has been to bring a variety of application classes under the domain of one coherent system. The conceptual framework of the system as a whole, as well as the most distinctive structural features of the control program, are heavily influenced by this objective.
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Mealy, G.H., Witt, B.I., Clark, W.A. (2002). The Functional Structure of OS/360. In: Broy, M., Denert, E. (eds) Software Pioneers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59412-0_12
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