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Control Program Facility

Control Program Facility (CPF) is the operating system of the IBM System/38. CPF represented an independent line of development at IBM Rochester, and was unrelated to the earlier and more widely used System Support Program operating system. CPF evolved into the OS/400 operating system, which was originally known as XPF (Extended CPF).

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Programming languages

RPG IIICOBOLBASICPL/IControl Language
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Data storage

FilesSingle-level storeIBM Future Systems project
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Capability-based addressing

Capability-based operating systemCapability-based addressing
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Distributed data management

Distributed Data Management ArchitectureMiddleware
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Default user interface
Command-line interface
Developer
IBM
Initial release
1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Latest release
Release 8 / 14 November 1986; 39 years ago (1986-11-14)
License
Proprietary
Source model
Closed Source

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Data storage

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Control Program Facility

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples15
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Control Program Facility

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related to External links · 5
Control Program Facility → Control Program Facility Concepts, Control Program Facility Programmer's, Guide, Manual, PDF
Default user interface · 1
Control Program Facility → Command-line interface
Developer · 1
Control Program Facility → IBM
Initial release · 1
Control Program Facility → 1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Latest release · 1
Control Program Facility → Release 8 / 14 November 1986; 39 years ago (1986-11-14)
License · 1
Control Program Facility → Proprietary
Source model · 1
Control Program Facility → Closed Source
Succeeded by · 1
Control Program Facility → OS/400
Supported platforms · 1
Control Program Facility → IBM System/38
Working state · 1
Control Program Facility → Discontinued

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system 38 operating cpf ibm data management program capability-based distributed os 400 control files storage addressing computers disk file architecture

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Control Program FacilityDefault user interfaceCommand-line interface1.00infobox
Control Program FacilityDeveloperIBM1.00infobox
Control Program FacilityInitial release1978; 48 years ago (1978)1.00infobox
Control Program FacilityLatest releaseRelease 8 / 14 November 1986; 39 years ago (1986-11-14)1.00infobox
Control Program FacilityLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
Control Program FacilitySource modelClosed Source1.00infobox
Control Program FacilitySucceeded byOS/4001.00infobox
Control Program FacilitySupported platformsIBM System/381.00infobox
Control Program FacilityWorking stateDiscontinued1.00infobox
Control Program FacilityWritten inPL/MI1.00infobox
Control Program Facilityrelated to External linksControl Program Facility Concepts0.60section
Control Program Facilityrelated to External linksManual0.60section

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