Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. RON is an open real-time operating system design, and is an for "The Real-time Operating system Nucleus". The project was started by Prof. Dr. Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo in 1984. The project's goal is to create an ideal computer architecture and network, to provide for all of society's needs. The Industrial TRON (ITRON) derivative is one of the world's most used operating systems, being present in billions of electronic devices such as cellphones, appliances and even cars. The operating system is mainly used by Japanese companies, although interest in ITRON is growing worldwide. However, it has been said that there is much misinformation in the English speaking world about TRON due to the majority of the documentation being in Japanese.