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'''occam''' is a [[concurrent programming language]] that builds on the [[communicating sequential processes]] (CSP) process algebra,<ref name="oc21refman">{{cite book | last=INMOS | authorlink=INMOS | url=http://www.wotug.org/occam/documentation/oc21refman.pdf|title=occam 2.1 Reference Manual|publisher=SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Ltd|format=PDF|date=1995-05-12}} INMOS document 72 occ 45 03</ref> and shares many of its features. It is named after [[William of Ockham]] of [[Occam's Razorrazor]] fame.

occam is an [[Imperative programming|imperative]] [[Procedural programming|procedural]] language (such as [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]). It was developed by [[David May (computer scientist)|David May]] and others at [[INMOS]], advised by [[Tony Hoare]], as the native programming language for their [[transputer]] [[microprocessor]]s, but implementations for other platforms are available. The most widely known version is occam 2; its programming manual was written by Steven Ericsson-Zenith and others at [[INMOS]].