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    A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily...
    15 KB (1,777 words) - 07:07, 7 June 2024
  • of the Single UNIX Specification. The latest SUS consists of two parts: the base specifications technically identical to POSIX, and X/Open Curses specification...
    39 KB (3,842 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2024
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    The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems. X originated as part of Project...
    69 KB (7,409 words) - 14:23, 24 July 2024
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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...
    53 KB (5,614 words) - 06:30, 19 July 2024
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    The Unix wars were struggles between vendors to set a standard for the Unix operating system in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although AT&T Corporation...
    9 KB (1,008 words) - 11:06, 9 September 2023
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    and Unix. X with diacritics: IPA-specific symbols related to X: χ Teuthonista phonetic transcription-specific symbols related to X: U+AB56...
    33 KB (2,820 words) - 08:49, 29 July 2024
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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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  • British software house based in Cambridge. Versions of X.desktop were available for over 30 different UNIX operating system platforms and it was licensed to...
    6 KB (600 words) - 14:59, 14 February 2024
  • The term "Research Unix" refers to early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed...
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    Motorola 68020-based system that could be booted to Unix System V Release 3 (SVR3) or AmigaDOS, supporting an X Window System interface, as well as a "very fast...
    28 KB (2,900 words) - 11:16, 23 July 2024
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    The history of Unix dates back to the mid-1960s, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AT&T Bell Labs, and General Electric were jointly developing...
    54 KB (6,493 words) - 18:23, 2 August 2024
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    Current Unix time 1721956797 (refresh page to update) 2024-07-26T01:19:57+00:00 Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It...
    51 KB (5,414 words) - 23:54, 21 July 2024
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    HP-UX (redirect from Hewlett Packard UniX)
    (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on Unix System V (initially...
    27 KB (2,953 words) - 06:36, 4 August 2024
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    The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It...
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    Unix-like systems is part of the X/Open Portability Guide since issue 2 of 1987. It was inherited into the first version of POSIX and the Single Unix...
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    du (abbreviated from disk usage) is a standard Unix program used to estimate file space usage—space used under a particular directory or files on a file...
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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...
    25 KB (3,229 words) - 06:56, 20 July 2024
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    A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a command line user interface for Unix-like operating systems. The shell is both an interactive...
    17 KB (1,733 words) - 03:27, 27 July 2024
  • The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
    17 KB (1,941 words) - 00:11, 20 November 2023
  • X/Open group (also known as the Open Group for Unix Systems and incorporated in 1987 as X/Open Company, Ltd.) was a consortium founded by several European...
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