on Unix (like macOS), Unix-like systems (like Linux and FreeBSD), and current versions of Windows (finger.exe command). Other software has finger support:...
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"up into the ether". finger – Unix command that provides information about users logged into a system. Les Earnest wrote the finger program in 1971 to provide...
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This is a list of Unix daemons that are found on various Unix-like operating systems. Most, but not all, Unix daemons have a name ending with d. List...
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Bourne shell (category Unix shells)
source code an ALGOL 68 flavor. These macros (along with the finger command distributed in Unix version 4.2BSD) inspired the International Obfuscated C Code...
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GNU Core Utilities (category Unix software)
coreutils is a collection of GNU software that implements many standard, Unix-based shell commands. The utilities generally provide POSIX compliant interface...
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The AT&T UNIX PC is a Unix desktop computer originally developed by Convergent Technologies (later acquired by Unisys), and marketed by AT&T Information...
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Echo (command) (category Standard Unix programs)
programmed in C by Doug McIlroy as a "finger exercise" and proved to be useful, it became part of Version 2 Unix. echo -n in Version 7 replaced prompt...
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R-tools (category Unix network-related software)
R-tools are a set of Unix/Linux tools that allow basic unsecured administration of Unix/Linux systems by establishing a Remote Shell. Similar in nature...
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system objects; not inherently with either the operating or file systems. The Unix-based ls shell command hides any file that starts with a dot (commonly called...
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Sprite (operating system) (category Unix variants)
in a network share the root directory as well. Other common Unix utilities such as finger were re-written to make them network aware as well, listing...
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including: A hole in the debug mode of the Unix sendmail program A buffer overflow or overrun hole in the finger network service The transitive trust enabled...
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develops interoperability software products for Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix platforms. Mainsoft was founded in 1993, mainly to propose integration products...
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system processes that provide widely used types of network services. On Unix-like operating systems, a process must execute with superuser privileges...
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spotted in Calcasieu Lake, Louisiana pinky, a lightweight version of the UNIX finger protocol Pinky, a street name of the synthetic opioid U-47700 Pinky toe...
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often associated with Unix workstations. Keyboards from Sun Microsystems came in two layouts; "Unix" and "PC-style", with the Unix layout having the traditional...
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Foreign Town Hemlock (text editor), a variant of the Emacs text editor for Unix Hemlock (Evergreen series / Radeon HD 5970), a graphics card code-name Babe...
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standard keyboard layout). Dvorak proponents claim that it requires less finger motion and as a result reduces errors, increases typing speed, reduces repetitive...
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observer. In 1990, Torvalds resumed his university studies, and was exposed to Unix for the first time in the form of a DEC MicroVAX running ULTRIX. Later, he...
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the GUIs used in Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2 Presentation Manager, and the Unix Motif toolkit and window manager. These ideas evolved to create the interface...
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was used mainly on Usenet newsgroups is fsck, derived from the name of the Unix file system checking utility. Language portal Human sexuality portal Society...
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Apple IIe, which had a full set of arrow keys. HJKL is a layout used in the Unix computer world, a practice spawned by its use in the vi text editor. The...
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sign-in, different technical communities tend to prefer one over another – Unix, Novell, Linux, and Apple typically use login, and Apple's style guide says...
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Snarf is a term used by computer programmers and the UNIX community meaning to copy a file or data over a network, for any purpose, with additional specialist...
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Linux kernel (category Unix variants)
The Linux kernel is a free and open source,: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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Vim (text editor) (category Unix text editors)
1988). "v15i037: Stevie, an "aspiring" VI clone for Unix, OS/2, Amiga". Newsgroup: comp.sources.unix. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original...
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company, Musk returned as CEO. Musk's preference for Microsoft software over Unix created a rift in the company and caused Thiel to resign. Due to resulting...
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traditional keyboard layout. It is especially useful when using a terminal, X11 (a Unix environment included with OS X as an install option) or MS Windows. The key...
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JCUKEN (section Typewriters and UNIX layout)
QWERTY and other layouts. Used on typewriters before personal computers. In Unix-like operating systems this layout is standard (Keyboard GOST 6431-90). It...
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photovoltaic cell, the charge-coupled device (CCD), information theory, the Unix operating system, and the programming languages B, C, C++, S, SNOBOL, AWK...
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Logging Protocol RFB, Remote Framebuffer Protocol Rlogin, Remote Login in UNIX Systems RPC, Remote Procedure Call RTMP, Real Time Messaging Protocol RTP...
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