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TRON is an open real-time operating system kernel. TRON is an acronym for "The Real-time Operating system Nucleus". The project started by Prof. Dr. Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo in 1984. Its aim is to create an ideal computer architecture.
The TRON framework defines a complete architecture for the different computing units:
- ITRON (Industrial TRON): for intelligent units and product line robots, home appliances and office automation equipment
- BTRON (Business TRON): for personal computers, workstations, PDAs, mainly as the human-machine interface in networks based on the TRON architecture
- CTRON (Central and Communications TRON): for mainframe computers, digital switching equipment
- MTRON (Macro TRON): for intercommunication between the different TRON components
As of 2003, the TRON system is the world's most used operating system, being present in millions of electronic devices.
The specification of TRON is open, but the code generators are not required to make their source free like GPL. The TRON project permits the source to be protected and closed from the standpoint of intellectual property.
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