<s>
TICCIT	B-Protocol
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Time-shared	B-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Interactive	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Computer-Controlled	I-Protocol
Information	I-Protocol
Television	I-Protocol
)	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
MITRE	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1968	O
as	O
an	O
interactive	O
cable	O
television	O
(	O
CATV	B-Protocol
)	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1971	O
,	O
the	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
(	O
NSF	O
)	O
Technological	O
Innovations	O
Group	O
granted	O
a	O
contract	O
to	O
MITRE	O
to	O
further	O
develop	O
the	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
system	O
as	O
a	O
computer-assisted	O
instruction	O
(	O
CAI	O
)	O
system	O
for	O
community	O
colleges	O
and	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TICCIT	B-Protocol
installations	O
ran	O
on	O
a	O
Data	B-Device
General	I-Device
Nova	I-Device
minicomputer	O
that	O
could	O
support	O
over	O
100	O
simultaneous	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
NSF-funded	O
project	O
,	O
the	O
Hazeltine	O
Corporation	O
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
commercialize	O
the	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
system	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
did	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
selling	O
systems	O
to	O
military	O
,	O
industrial	O
,	O
and	O
educational	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
the	O
personal	O
computer	O
,	O
Hazeltine	O
released	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
,	O
known	O
as	O
MicroTICCIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Courseware	O
developed	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
for	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
included	O
algebra	O
,	O
chemistry	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
English	O
(	O
grammar	O
,	O
mechanics	O
,	O
spelling	O
,	O
and	O
composition	O
)	O
,	O
English	O
as	O
a	O
second	O
language	O
(	O
ESL	O
)	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
humanities	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
physics	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
and	O
Thai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
projects	O
at	O
Brigham	O
Young	O
University	O
adapted	O
material	O
authored	O
for	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
to	O
Apple	O
II	O
computers	O
,	O
DOS	O
PCs	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
DVDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
innovations	O
of	O
the	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
system	O
was	O
the	O
architecture	O
of	O
its	O
instruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
U.S.	O
Marine	O
Corps	O
Communications/Electronics	O
School	O
at	O
MCB	O
29	O
Palms	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
used	O
a	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
system	O
for	O
courses	O
in	O
its	O
schools	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TEL-CATCH	O
(	O
Televised	O
Education	O
Lessons	O
via	O
Computer-Assisted	O
Instruction	O
at	O
Home	O
over	O
Cablevision	O
to	O
Children	O
with	O
Severe	O
Handicapping	O
Conditions	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
TICCIT	B-Protocol
,	O
piloted	O
in	O
Amherst	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
in	O
1976	O
–	O
1977	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Requested	O
educational	O
lessons	O
selected	O
via	O
the	O
keyboard	O
were	O
then	O
sent	O
over	O
the	O
CATV	B-Protocol
system	O
to	O
the	O
student	O
's	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
