fsn
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For other uses, see FSN (disambiguation).
fsn (File System Navigator) pronounced as "fusion" is an experimental application to view a file system in 3D, made by SGI for IRIX systems.
Even though it was never developed to a fully functional file manager it gained some fame after it appeared in the movie Jurassic Park in 1993. In a scene in the film, the character Lex, played by Ariana Richards, finds a computer displaying the interface. She exclaims "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" and proceeds to "discover" the security code making the laboratory's doors lock. After the release of the film, some incorrectly perceived the visualisation as an example of media misrepresentation of computers[1], citing the computer game-like display as being an unrealistic Hollywood mock-up.[2]
[edit] See also
- File System Visualizer, a Free clone of fsn for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
[edit] External links
- fsn SGI homepage at the Wayback Machine (archived April 9, 2007)
- fsv fsn clone for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
[edit] References
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