Meanings
proper noun
- historicalcomputingAn early 8-bit operating system.
The CP/M system includes a powerful editor, an assembler, and a debugger. The user may purchase from Digital Research or the CP/M user's group such additional support utilities as a macro-assembler, symbolic debugger, […]
1981, Carl Townsend, How to Get Started with CP/M, Dilithium Press, →ISBN
Origin
Abbreviation of Control Program/Monitor, later explained as Control Program for Microcomputers.
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CP/M. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CP%2FM
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Chicago
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