Its

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Its \Its\ ([i^]ts), poss. pron.
     Possessive form of the pronoun it. See {It}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  ITS
       Incompatible Time-sharing System (DEC)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ITS
       International Telecommunications Society (org.)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  ITS /I-T-S/ n. 1. Incompatible Time-sharing System, an influential
     though highly idiosyncratic operating system written for PDP-6s and
     PDP-10s at MIT and long used at the MIT AI Lab. Much AI-hacker jargon
     derives from ITS folklore, and to have been `an ITS hacker' qualifies
     one instantly as an old-timer of the most venerable sort. ITS pioneered
     many important innovations, including transparent file sharing between
     machines and terminal-independent I/O. After about 1982, most actual
     work was shifted to newer machines, with the remaining ITS boxes run
     essentially as a hobby and service to the hacker community. The shutdown
     of the lab's last ITS machine in May 1990 marked the end of an era and
     sent old-time hackers into mourning nationwide (see {high moby}). 2. A
     mythical image of operating-system perfection worshiped by a bizarre,
     fervent retro-cult of old-time hackers and ex-users (see {troglodyte},
     sense 2). ITS worshipers manage somehow to continue believing that an OS
     maintained by assembly-language hand-hacking that supported only
     monocase 6-character filenames in one directory per account remains
     superior to today's state of commercial art (their venom against {Unix}
     is particularly intense). See also {holy wars}, {Weenix}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ITS
       
          1. Incompatible {time-sharing} System
       
          An influential but highly idiosyncratic {operating system}
          written for the {PDP-6} and {PDP-10} at {MIT} and long used at
          the {MIT AI Lab}.  Much AI-hacker jargon derives from ITS
          folklore, and to have been "an ITS hacker" qualifies one
          instantly as an old-timer of the most venerable sort.  ITS
          pioneered many important innovations, including transparent
          file sharing between machines and terminal-independent I/O.
          After about 1982, most actual work was shifted to newer
          machines, with the remaining ITS boxes run essentially as a
          hobby and service to the hacker community.  The shutdown of
          the lab's last ITS machine in May 1990 marked the end of an
          era and sent old-time hackers into mourning nationwide (see
          {high moby}).  The Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden is
          maintaining one "live" ITS site at its computer museum (right
          next to the only {TOPS-10} system still on the {Internet}), so
          ITS is still alleged to hold the record for OS in longest
          continuous use (however, {WAITS} is a credible rival for this
          palm).
       
          2. A mythical image of {operating system} perfection worshiped
          by a bizarre, fervent retro-cult of old-time hackers and
          ex-users (see {troglodyte}).  ITS worshipers manage somehow to
          continue believing that an OS maintained by {assembly
          language} hand-hacking that supported only monocase
          6-character filenames in one directory per account remains
          superior to today's state of commercial art (their venom
          against {Unix} is particularly intense).
       
          See also {holy wars}, {Weenix}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-12-15)