<s>
FASTER	O
(	O
First	B-Application
Automated	I-Application
Teleprocessing	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
Reponder	I-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
transaction	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
ran	O
on	O
IBM	B-Device
mainframe	I-Device
systems	O
under	O
OS/MFT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
official	O
 '	O
version	O
of	O
FASTER	O
was	O
single	B-Operating_System
thread	I-Operating_System
only	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
forerunner	O
of	O
MTCS	B-Application
before	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FASTER	O
applications	O
comprise	O
transactions	O
which	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
IBM	B-Device
Basic	I-Device
Assembly	I-Device
Language	I-Device
and	O
interfaced	O
with	O
2260	O
terminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
FASTER	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
MTCS	B-Application
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1960s	O
.	O
</s>
