Unix
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− | Invented at AT&T's Bell Labs by Dennis Richie and Ken Thompson. It fragmented into [[BSD]] (from the [[SysV]] release) at Berkley, whereupon it fragmented some more. | + | The original operating system whose usage and functionality Linux, the BSDs, and other modern "unixlike" OSes resemble and have expanded upon. Invented at AT&T's Bell Labs by Dennis Richie and Ken Thompson. It fragmented into [[BSD]] (from the [[SysV]] release) at Berkley, whereupon it fragmented some more. |
For a more complete history of unix, see http://vertigo.hsrl.rutgers.edu/ug/unix_history.html | For a more complete history of unix, see http://vertigo.hsrl.rutgers.edu/ug/unix_history.html | ||
[[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] | [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] |
Revision as of 11:25, 12 June 2005
The original operating system whose usage and functionality Linux, the BSDs, and other modern "unixlike" OSes resemble and have expanded upon. Invented at AT&T's Bell Labs by Dennis Richie and Ken Thompson. It fragmented into BSD (from the SysV release) at Berkley, whereupon it fragmented some more.
For a more complete history of unix, see http://vertigo.hsrl.rutgers.edu/ug/unix_history.html