Knowra Wesley A. Clark Wesley A. Clark Wesley A. Clark was an American computer scientist who co-designed the LINC, an early interactive personal computer, and helped develop the TX-0 and TX-2 computers.
LINC : The LINC was an early interactive computer designed for laboratory use, with a keyboard, display, and user-accessible software. Clark co-designed this compact computer, which made direct interaction central to its design.
Personal computer : A personal computer is a general-purpose computer designed for use by one person at a time. The LINC anticipated personal computing through its compact, individually operated design.
Charles Molnar : Charles Molnar was an American computer engineer who co-designed the LINC with Wesley A. Clark. Molnar was Clark's principal collaborator on the LINC's architecture and development.
LINC-8 : The LINC-8 was a computer combining LINC and PDP-8 features, produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. It carried the LINC's laboratory-computing approach into a later commercial system.
Interactive computing : Interactive computing lets people communicate with computers through ongoing input and prompt responses. The LINC embodied the direct, responsive style of computing Clark helped advance.
Laboratory computing : Laboratory computing uses computers to support scientific experiments, data collection, and analysis. The LINC was designed to let researchers control experiments and inspect results at the bench.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory : MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center established to advance national security technology. Clark worked there on the TX-0, TX-2, and the LINC's early development.
PDP-8 : The PDP-8 was a compact minicomputer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1965. DEC's LINC-8 combined LINC features with the PDP-8 architecture.
TX-0 : The TX-0 was an experimental transistorized computer built at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in the 1950s. Clark helped develop this influential experimental machine before the LINC.
Time-sharing : Time-sharing allows multiple users to interact with one computer by allocating processor time among them. Unlike shared mainframe access, the LINC put computing resources directly beside an individual researcher.
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