Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ , YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T...
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operating system or application is Unix-like. Some well-known examples of Unix-like operating systems include Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD. These systems are...
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Research Unix refers to the early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in...
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Berkeley Software Distribution (redirect from BSD Unix)
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer Systems...
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Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)
A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by a Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered...
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Darwin (operating system) (category Unix variants)
Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent...
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GNU (redirect from GNU's Not Unix)
for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. Stallman chose...
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FreeBSD is a free-software Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993...
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1970, the Unix epoch. For example, at midnight on 1 January 2010, Unix time was 1262304000. Unix time originated as the system time of Unix operating...
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Man page (redirect from Man (Unix))
(short for manual page) is a form of software documentation found on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Topics covered include programs, system libraries...
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language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project, it is supported by the Free Software Foundation and...
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When a text file with a shebang is used as if it were an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...
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Unix System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system. It was originally developed by AT&T and...
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feature-rich provider serving members around the world. SDF provides free Unix shell access, web hosting and many other features at the user membership...
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Version 7 Unix, also called Seventh Edition Unix, Version 7 or just V7, was an important early release of the Unix operating system. V7, released in 1979...
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Wikibook Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands df: report free disk space – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version...
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Vi (text editor) (redirect from Vi (Unix))
/ˌviːˈaɪ/ ) is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The portable subset of the behavior of vi and programs...
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The history of Unix dates back to the mid-1960s, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Labs, and General Electric were jointly developing...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
List of GNU packages List of KDE applications List of Unix daemons Unix philosophy util-linux "FreeBSD Manual Pages: time". man.freebsd.org. July 7, 202...
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386BSD (category Free software operating systems)
known as "Jolix") is a Unix-like operating system that was developed by couple Lynne and William "Bill" Jolitz. Released as free and open source in 1992...
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GNU Project (redirect from GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines)
free software. Stallman decided to call this operating system GNU (a recursive acronym meaning "GNU's not Unix!"), basing its design on that of Unix,...
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Linux (category Unix variants)
system), a package manager, a bootloader and a Unix shell. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free and open-source software collaboration. While...
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Edition Unix, also called Version 6 Unix or just V6 is a version of the Unix operating system first released in May 1975 and the first version of the Unix operating...
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OpenServer (redirect from SCO UNIX)
Early versions of OpenServer were based on UNIX System V, while the later OpenServer 10 is based on FreeBSD 10. However, OpenServer 10 has not received...
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Single UNIX Specification (SUS) is a standard for computer operating systems, compliance with which is required to qualify for using the "UNIX" trademark...
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Andrew S. Tanenbaum (category Free software programmers)
Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and has written multiple...
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Look up BSD in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BSD is the Berkeley Software Distribution, a free Unix-like operating system, and numerous variants. BSD...
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The Unix command su, which stands for "substitute user" (or historically "superuser"), is used by a computer user to execute commands with the privileges...
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allowed to directories in UNIX/Linux?". unix.stackexchange.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015. "GNU Coreutils: ln invocation". gnu.org. Free Software Foundation,...
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FreeStateProject.org: "101 Reasons to Move to NH" The History of the UNIX License Plate Amazon: "Free Free or Die" National Geographic: Live Free or...
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