since iPhone OS 1 were then based on Mac OS X. NeXTSTEP (also stylized as NeXTstep, NeXTStep, and NEXTSTEP) is a combination of several parts: a Unix operating...
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computer innovation. NeXT partnered with Sun Microsystems to create a programming environment called OpenStep, which decoupled the NeXTSTEP operating system's...
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GNUstep (category NeXT)
the same as the roots of Cocoa: NeXTSTEP and OpenStep. GNUstep thus predates Cocoa, which emerged when Apple acquired NeXT's technology and incorporated...
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distribute a program for NeXTStep running on different architectures. It was also possible to create libraries (e.g. using NeXTStep's libtool) with different...
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Architecture of macOS (section NeXTSTEP)
later renamed OS X and then macOS, with the acquisition of NeXT's NeXTSTEP in 1997. NeXTSTEP used a hybrid kernel that combined the Mach 2.5 kernel developed...
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object-oriented operating system NeXTSTEP had a more lasting legacy as it eventually became the basis for Mac OS X. NeXTSTEP was based on the Mach kernel...
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OpenStep (category NeXT)
to write code that could run on multiple operating systems, including NeXTSTEP, Windows NT, and various Unix-based systems. It has influenced the development...
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look in Windows 95[citation needed]. The NeXTSTEP user interface was used in the NeXT line of computers. NeXTSTEP's first major version was released in 1989...
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aspects of NeXT's NeXTSTEP operating system (later, since version 4.0, known as OPENSTEP), first released in 1989. After Apple bought NeXT in 1996, it...
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Spinning pinwheel (section From NeXT Step to MacOS X)
Manager (SetAnimatedThemeCursor). NeXTStep 1.0 used a monochrome icon resembling a spinning magneto-optical disk. Some NeXT computers included an optical...
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between 1997 and 2001 after Apple's purchase of NeXT. It brought an entirely new architecture based on NeXTSTEP, a Unix system, that eliminated many of the...
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Property list (category NeXT)
In the macOS, iOS, NeXTSTEP, and GNUstep programming frameworks, property list files are files that store serialized objects. Property list files use the...
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Foundation Kit) from the NeXTSTEP and OpenStep programming environments developed by NeXT in the 1980s and 1990s. Apple acquired NeXT in December 1996, and...
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and 68882 floating-point coprocessor, with a clock speed of 25 MHz. Its NeXTSTEP operating system is based on the Mach microkernel and BSD-derived Unix...
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The NeXT character set (often aliased as NeXTSTEP encoding vector, WE8NEXTSTEP or next-multinational) was used by the NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP operating systems...
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to 2001. Its underlying architecture came from NeXT's NeXTSTEP, as a result of Apple's acquisition of NeXT, which also brought Steve Jobs back to Apple...
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NetBoot, the QuickTime Streaming Server, components carried over from NeXTSTEP, and the "Blue Box" environment (which allows a Mac OS 8.5 session to be...
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included in the macOS operating system by Apple. Terminal originated in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, the predecessor operating systems of macOS. As a terminal...
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Apple Mail (redirect from NeXTMail)
Mail grew out of NeXTMail, which was originally developed by NeXT as part of its NeXTSTEP operating system, after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1997. The...
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workstation runs the NeXTSTEP operating system and was launched with a $7,995 (equivalent to about $19,000 in 2024) list price. The NeXTcube is the successor...
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was developed at NeXT in the late 1980s, previously called OPENSTEP and NEXTSTEP. Rhapsody was targeted to developers for a transition period between the...
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MindVox (section "Voice: Waffle ][+ the NeXTSTEP")
Fancher's hacker past and the use of Apple II computers; NeXTSTEP was a reference to the NeXT platform and operating system, with which MindVox was developed...
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co-founder, Steve Jobs. NeXT had developed the mature NeXTSTEP operating system with strong multimedia and Internet capabilities. NeXTSTEP was also popular among...
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Objective-C (category NeXT)
early 1980s, it was selected by NeXT for its NeXTSTEP operating system. Due to Apple macOS’s direct lineage from NeXTSTEP, Objective-C was the standard...
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List of Doom ports (section NeXTSTEP)
id Software was using a NeXTcube for its graphic-engine development. This version is sluggish on anything below an 040 NeXTstation/cube (though it runs...
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Interface Builder (category NeXT)
file, short for NeXT Interface Builder, or more recently, as an XML-based .xib file. Interface Builder is descended from the NeXTSTEP development software...
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WorldWideWeb (category NeXTSTEP software)
and for the NeXTSTEP platform, the program uses many of NeXTSTEP's components – WorldWideWeb's layout engine was built around NeXTSTEP's Text class. WorldWideWeb...
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Project Builder (category NeXT)
integrated development environment (IDE) originally developed by NeXT for version 3 of the NeXTSTEP operating system by separating out the code editing parts...
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cube-shaped magnesium enclosure. It runs the NeXTSTEP operating system. The NeXTcube Turbo is a development of the earlier NeXTcube. It differs from its predecessor...
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