Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

DEC advertises that it helped to create "the world's first expert system routinely used in an industrial environment," called XCON or:

  1. PDP-11

  2. Rl

  3. VAX

  4. MAGNOM
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B Correct answer
Explanation

XCON (also called R1) was DEC's pioneering expert system for configuring computer systems, first deployed in 1980. It was one of the earliest commercial expert systems and demonstrated the practical value of AI in industrial settings. PDP-11 and VAX were DEC computer lines, not expert systems.

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