EPOC is a discontinued family of graphical operating systems developed by Psion for portable devices, primarily PDAs. EPOC came from epoch, the beginning of an era, but was backfitted by the engineers to "Electronic Piece Of Cheese". It was succeeded by Symbian in 1998.
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Symbian's predecessor was originally named for an English synonym for the dawn of an age.
Yes