Owen Mock

Name: Owen R. Mock

Born: Unknown

Computer-related contributions

• Computer software designer and programmer who pioneered computer operating systems in the 1950s.
• Part of a group of programmers at the Los Angeles division of NAA (North American Aviation) who developed the PACT series of compilers for the IBM 701 computer.
• His group installed in the IBM 701 the "North American 701 Monitor" which was the first operating system to be in operation.

Significant publications

• The Share 709 System: Input-Output Buffering (1959).
• Logical Organization of the PACT I Compiler (1956).