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What is Athena?

Athena is MIT's primary academic computing environment, providing academic software, courseware, and public computing and printing facilities to the MIT Community. The primary purpose of Athena is to facilitate teaching and learning, whether part of the curriculum or independent endeavors. Athena provides a consistent desktop environment throughout campus, allowing users to work on academic assignments at any Athena workstation. Tight integration between the operating system and the Athena environment allows for low-cost deployment of software and the creation of a course work environment with minimal effort on the part of instructors.

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Athena clusters: Athena clusters, or computing labs, are located throughout campus in academic buildings. They are open to all members of the MIT Community.
Dorm clusters: Some dormitories have Athena clusters which are essentially smaller versions of the public clusters. The dorm clusters are open to residents of the dorm only.
Quickstations: Athena quickstations are Athena workstations which limit session duration to 10 minutes. They are located in high-traffic areas and provide

Definitions

Athena means many things to many people: Kerberos, AFS file storage, printing, personal web space, Moira lists, etc. For the purposes of this document, we will use the following definitions:

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