Computing · Recorded milestone
Time-sharing
Recorded year1961
MIT's CTSS lets many users share one computer interactively.
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Led to
- Packet switchingRecorded · 1965enables
- Shakey the robotRecorded · 1966enables
- Logo for childrenRecorded · 1967enables
- Virtual machinesRecorded · 1967enables
- ARPANETRecorded · 1969enables
- Stanford ArmRecorded · 1969enables
- Project Gutenberg e-textsRecorded · 1971enables
- UNIX and CRecorded · 1971enables
- Graphical user interfaceRecorded · 1973enables
- Online chat roomRecorded · 1973enables
- Multi-user online worlds (MUD)Recorded · 1978enables
- Newspaper onlineRecorded · 1980enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.