Z/OS

z/OS
DeveloperIBM
Written inprimarily PL/X, HLASM, and C/C++[1]
OS family
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source with open source components.
Initial releaseMarch 30, 2001 (2001-03-30) (V1R1, announced October, 2000)
Latest releaseVersion 3.1 (V3R1) / September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
Marketing targetEnterprise / Mainframes
Available inEnglish and other languages
Package managerSMP/E
Platformsz/Architecture
Kernel typeMonolithic (uniquely hardware-assisted)
UserlandMVS, UNIX System Services
Default
user interface
ISPF, z/OS Management Facility
LicenseProprietary monthly license charge (MLC); pricing available based on actual use (VWLC, EWLC, AWLC, EAWLC, IWP); reduced pricing options (zELC, zNALC, "Solution Edition") for many applications
Official websiteibm.com/products/zos
An IBM System Z10 mainframe computer on which z/OS can run.

z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000.[2] It derives from and is the successor to OS/390, which in turn was preceded by a string of MVS versions.[NB 1] Like OS/390, z/OS combines a number of formerly separate, related products, some of which are still optional. z/OS has the attributes of modern operating systems but also retains much of the older functionality that originated in the 1960s and is still in regular use—z/OS is designed for backward compatibility.

  1. ^ Giorgio, Anthony (30 July 2015). "We are the IBM z/OS development team. AUA! • r/IAmA". reddit. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Vijayan, Jaikumar. "Z/OS: Users Expect Big Savings." Computerworld, 19 November 2001, Vol. 35 Issue 47, p. 40


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