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Define the word {TOPS-10

"TOPS-10" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"

TOPS-10 /tops-ten/ n. DEC's proprietary OS for the fabled PDP-10
   machines, long a favorite of hackers but now effectively extinct. A
   fountain of hacker folklore; see Appendix A. See also {ITS},
   {TOPS-20}, {TWENEX}, VMS, operating system. TOPS-10 was
   sometimes called BOTS-10 (from `bottoms-ten') as a comment on the
   inappropriateness of describing it as the top of anything.

"tops10" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"

TOPS-10
     
        /tops-ten/ DEC's proprietary OS for the fabled PDP-10
        machines, long a favourite of hackers but now effectively
        extinct.  A fountain of hacker folklore.  See also ITS,
        TOPS-20, TWENEX, VMS, operating system.  TOPS-10 was
        sometimes called BOTS-10 (from "bottoms-ten") as a comment on
        the inappropriateness of describing it as the top of anything.
     
        [Jargon File]