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spacewar


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  SPACEWAR  n.  A  space-combat  simulation  game,  inspired  by  E.  E. 
  Doc"  Smith's  Lensman"  books,  in  which  two  spaceships  duel  around 
  a  central  sun,  shooting  torpedoes  at  each  other  and  jumping  through 
  hyperspace.  This  game  was  first  implemented  on  the  PDP-1  at  MIT  in  1962. 
  In  1968-69,  a  descendant  of  the  game  motivated  Ken  Thompson  to  build, 
  in  his  spare  time  on  a  scavenged  PDP-7,  the  operating  system  that  became 
  {{Unix}}.  Less  than  nine  years  after  that  SPACEWAR  was  commercialized 
  as  one  of  the  first  video  games;  descendants  are  still  {feep}ing  in 
  video  arcades  everywhere. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SPACEWAR 
 
    A  space-combat  simulation  game,  inspired  by 
  E.  E.  Doc"  Smith's  Lensman"  books,  in  which  two  spaceships 
  duel  around  a  central  sun,  shooting  torpedoes  at  each  other 
  and  jumping  through  hyperspace.  This  game  was  first 
  implemented  on  the  PDP-1  at  MIT  in  1960--61. 
 
  SPACEWAR  aficionados  formed  the  core  of  the  early  hacker 
  culture  at  {MIT}.  Nine  years  later  a  descendant  of  the  game 
  motivated  {Ken  Thompson}  to  build,  in  his  spare  time  on  a 
  scavenged  {PDP-7},  the  {operating  system}  that  became  {Unix}. 
  Less  than  nine  years  after  that  SPACEWAR  was  commercialised 
  as  one  of  the  first  video  games;  descendants  are  still 
  {feep}ing  in  video  arcades  everywhere. 
 
  ["SPACEWAR"  or  "Space  Travel"?] 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-11-07)