This part of the paper discusses the control-program functions most closely related to job and task management.Emphasized are design features that facilitate diversity in application environments as well as those that support rnultitask operation.One of the basic objectives in the development of OS/360 has been to produce a general-purpose monitor that can jointly serve the needs of real-time environments, multiprogramming for peripheral operations, and traditional job-shop operations. In view of this objective, the designers found it necessary to develop a more generalized framework than that of previously reported systems. After reviewing salient aspects of the design setting, we will discuss those elements of OS/360 most important to an understanding of job and task management.
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