<s>
QUIKTRAN	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Fortran-like	O
,	O
interactive	O
computer	O
programming	O
language	O
with	O
debugging	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
a	O
Fortran-based	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
QUIKTRAN	B-Language
was	O
IBM	O
's	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
on-line	O
Time	O
Sharing	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1967	O
an	O
IBM	O
data	O
center	O
supported	O
over	O
400	O
commercial	O
customers	O
in	O
a	O
time-sharing	O
environment	O
;	O
users	O
could	O
dial	O
up	O
and	O
log	O
into	O
the	O
Quiktran	B-Language
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
could	O
store	O
their	O
own	O
Fortran	B-Application
programs	O
in	O
private	O
libraries	O
for	O
later	O
execution	O
,	O
or	O
execute	O
numerous	O
IBM-supplied	O
programs	O
for	O
applications	O
including	O
linear	O
programming	O
,	O
communication	O
network	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
business	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
on	O
the	O
receiving	O
end	O
allowed	O
teletype	O
or	O
typewriter	O
keyboards	O
using	O
data	O
phones	O
or	O
acoustic	B-Device
modems	I-Device
to	O
connect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
QUIKTRAN	B-Language
system	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Call/360	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quiktran	B-Language
and	O
Call/360	O
were	O
supported	O
by	O
Service	O
Bureau	O
Corp.	O
,	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
