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CP/M

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'''CP/M''' is an [[AppsSystem software#Operating_Systems|operating system]] running on different computers with Intel 8080 and compatible CPUs. It was the most popular operating system for micro computers, before the 16 bit age started successfully with the IBM PC and MS-DOS. Most computer systems running CP/M were based on a [[Z80]] cpu.
It was developed by [[Gary Kildall]] of [[Digital Research|Digital Research, Inc.]] as a privat project from 1974 on, named '''''C'''ontrol '''P'''rogram/'''M'''onitor''. When becoming a commercial software in November 1977 it was renamed to '''''C'''ontrol '''P'''rogram for '''M'''icrocomputers''.