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CP/M

CP/M proper noun: an early 8-bit operating system.

Proper noun

CP/M

  1. (historical) An early 8-bit operating system.
    • The CP/M system includes a powerful editor, an assembler, and a debugger. The user may purchase from Digital Research or the CP/M user's group such additional support utilities as a macro-assembler, symbolic debugger, […]1981, Carl Townsend, How to Get Started with CP/M, Dilithium Press, →ISBN

Origin of CP/M

Abbreviation of Control Program/Monitor, later explained as Control Program for Microcomputers.

Words formed from CP/M

Questions about CP/M

What does CP/M mean?
CP/M means an early 8-bit operating system.
What part of speech is CP/M?
CP/M is a proper noun.

Words near CP/M in the dictionary

  1. CO₂e
  2. cp
  3. CP Time
  4. CP-1252
  5. cp.
  6. CP/M
  7. CP/Mer
  8. CP/Mers
  9. CPA
  10. CPaaS
  11. CPAC

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