A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X, *nix or *NIX) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily...
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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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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
incorrectly rationalized as a backronym for disk and execution monitor. In a Unix-like system, the parent process of a daemon is often, but not always, the init...
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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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PATH (variable) (section Unix and Unix-like)
PATH is an environment variable on Unix-like operating systems, DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows, specifying a set of directories where executable programs...
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Shared library (section Unix-like systems)
OS/2; shareable image under OpenVMS; dynamic shared object, or DSO, under Unix-like systems) is a library intended for dynamic linking. Only a minimal amount...
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Superuser (redirect from Root (Unix))
cases, the actual name of the account is not the determining factor; on Unix-like systems, for example, the user with a user identifier (UID) of zero is...
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Root directory (redirect from Super root (Unix))
In a computer file system, and primarily used in the Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the root directory is the first or top-most directory in a hierarchy...
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List of operating systems (section Unix or Unix-like)
below) that almost all Unix-based and Unix-like operating systems descend.) Unix System III Unix System IV Unix System V Unix System V Releases 2.0, 3...
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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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among different vendors of Unix systems. In 1999, it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and Unix-like systems on x86 processors by...
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Glob (programming) (redirect from Glob (Unix))
standardized by the POSIX.2 specification and are integral part of every Unix-like libc ecosystem and shell, including AT&T Bourne shell-compatible Korn...
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Berkeley Software Distribution (redirect from BSD Unix)
and dissemination of Unix-like systems. BSD development was initially led by Bill Joy, who added virtual memory capability to Unix running on a VAX-11...
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Shell script (redirect from Unix shell scripting)
like 4NT—article is at cmd.exe), and mainframe operating systems are associated with a number of terms. Shells commonly present in Unix and Unix-like...
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traditional Unix shells with their proprietary object-oriented .NET Framework. MinGW and Cygwin are open-source packages for Windows that offer a Unix-like CLI...
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Orphan process (section Unix-like)
process has finished or terminated, though it remains running itself. In a Unix-like operating system any orphaned process will be immediately adopted by an...
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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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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
which is part of the Single UNIX Specification (SUS). These commands are implemented in many shells on modern Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems...
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extension ICL, and font files, having the extensions FON and FOT. In most Unix-like systems, most of the machine code that makes up the dynamic linker is...
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Linker (computing) (redirect from Ld (Unix))
Linkers control scripts were used for this. Notable implementations: On Unix and Unix-like systems, the static linker is usually invoked via the command ld which...
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In Unix-like computer operating systems, a pipeline is a mechanism for inter-process communication using message passing. A pipeline is a set of processes...
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Process identifier (section Unix-like)
such as adjusting the process's priority or killing it altogether. In Unix-like operating systems, new processes are created by the fork() system call...
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Configuration file (section Unix and Unix-like)
which they are commonly used. Many different file formats are used on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Even so, there is a strong tradition of using human-editable...
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Terminal emulator (section Unix-like systems)
one via telnet, ssh, dial-up, or over a direct serial connection. On Unix-like operating systems, it is common to have one or more terminal windows connected...
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developed for Unix-like operating systems. It is designed as a 100% free alternative for the Bourne shell sh and other proprietary Unix shells. Bash has...
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A Unix shell is a shell that provides a command-line user interface for a Unix-like operating system. A Unix shell provides a command language that can...
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functional equivalent in the Macintosh operating system is called an alias. Unix-like systems have symbolic links which point to a target file, and often support...
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based on Research Unix, with versions starting with 4.4 BSD and Net/2 instead becoming Unix-like. Furthermore, 8th Edition Research Unix and on-wards had...
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tr is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. It is an abbreviation of translate or transliterate, indicating its operation...
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