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DTrace: Applications, Technology & Products
DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework originally created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time. Originally developed for Solaris, it has since been released under the free Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) in OpenSolaris and its descendant illumos, and has…
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DTrace topic overview
The analysis highlights Applications, Technology and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around DTrace.
Related topics
60
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
66
Extracted relationships
91
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
66
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Overview · 21 topics
Language and application providers · 16 topics
Supported platforms · 10 topics
Authors and awards · 7 topics
Description · 5 topics
Command line examples · 1 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Developers
Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Microsoft
License
CDDL, GPLv2, UPL
Operating system
Solaris, illumos, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Windows
Original authors
Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Mike Shapiro (Sun Microsystems)
Release
January 2005; 21 years ago (2005-01)
Repository
github.com/opendtrace
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How DTrace connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around DTrace shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DTrace → Brendan Gregg's DTrace, Bryan CantrillHidden, Bryan CantrillOfficial Oracle DTrace, C/C, DTrace Tools, DTraceDLight Tutorial, DTraceToolkit, Fedora, FreeBSD DTrace, GitHubFreeBSD DTrace, GUI, Hands On Lab, Illumos DTrace, Leopard, Linux, LinuxCompact Type Format, LinuxDTrace, Oracle Solaris Studio, Plain Sight, Sun Microsystems Another extracted example is DTrace → Application, Applications, Erlang, Firefox, Further, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, Oracle Database, Oracle Grid Engine, Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, Python, Ruby, Supported, Tcl, With. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
DTrace
Top relations
related to External links· 23
DTrace → Brendan Gregg's DTrace, Bryan CantrillHidden, Bryan CantrillOfficial Oracle DTrace, C/C, DTrace Tools, DTraceDLight Tutorial, DTraceToolkit, Fedora, FreeBSD DTrace, GitHubFreeBSD DTrace, GUI, Hands On Lab, Illumos DTrace, Leopard, Linux, LinuxCompact Type Format, LinuxDTrace, Oracle Solaris Studio, Plain Sight, Sun Microsystems
DTrace → Adam Leventhal, Bryan Cantrill, InfoWorld, Mike Shapiro, Software Tools User Group, STUG, Technology Innovation Awards, Technology Review, The, The Wall Street Journal's, USENIX
related to Description· 7
DTrace → AWK, OS, Sun Microsystems, Testers, The, These, Whenever
related to Supported platforms· 7
DTrace → CDDL, Common Development, Distribution License, January, November, OpenSolaris, Sun's Solaris
see also· 7
DTrace → BSD Unix, Computer, CPU, I/O, Linux, ProbeVue, While
related to Command line examples· 5
DTrace → Brendan Gregg, DTraceToolkit, Over, Scripts, Some
is a· 2
DTrace → comprehensive dynamic tracing framework originally created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time, integral part of illumos and related distributions.DTrace is a standard part of FreeBSD and NetBSD.Apple added DTrace support in Mac OS X 10.5
Developers· 1
DTrace → Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Microsoft
License· 1
DTrace → CDDL, GPLv2, UPL
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 91 structured relationships around DTrace. Examples in this analysis include DTrace → Developers → Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Microsoft and DTrace → License → CDDL, GPLv2, UPL. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
DTrace
Developers
Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Microsoft
1.00
infobox
DTrace
License
CDDL, GPLv2, UPL
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Operating system
Solaris, illumos, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Windows
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Original authors
Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Mike Shapiro (Sun Microsystems)
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Release
January 2005; 21 years ago (2005-01)
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Repository
github.com/opendtrace
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Type
Tracing
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Website
dtrace.org
1.00
infobox
DTrace
Written in
C
1.00
infobox
DTrace
is a
comprehensive dynamic tracing framework originally created by Sun Microsystems for troubleshooting kernel and application problems on production systems in real time
0.90
text
DTrace
is a
integral part of illumos and related distributions.DTrace is a standard part of FreeBSD and NetBSD.Apple added DTrace support in Mac OS X 10.5
0.90
text
DTrace
instance of
that a program may set that disallows tracing of that process by debugging utilities
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around DTrace bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Linux, Kernel and System. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
DTrace
Linux
Kernel
System
Tracing
Oracle
Os
Freebsd
Including
Part
Technology
Windows
Released
dtrace
Linux
Kernel
System
Tracing
Oracle
Os
Freebsd
Including
Part
Technology
Windows
Released
sun microsystems
Microsystems
Sun
Oracle
Bryan
Freebsd
Github
Illumos
Tracing
Solaris
Kernel
Linux
Microsoft
kernel
Linux
Tracing
Oracle
Microsystems
Sun
Bryan
Implementation
Technology
Cddl
Released
System
Licensing
solaris
Sun
Bryan
Freebsd
Github
Part
Providers
Technology
Available
Oracle
Os
System
Linux
common development and distribution license
Cddl
Opensolaris
Code
Released
Licensing
Opendtrace
Illumos
Solaris
Oracle
Effort
Microsoft
Microsystems
illumos
Solaris
Microsystems
Sun
Bryan
Freebsd
Github
License
Opensolaris
Part
Technology
Oracle
Os
oracle corporation acquired sun microsystems
Microsystems
Sun
Oracle
Github
Linux
Bryan
Freebsd
Illumos
Tracing
Solaris
Providers
Technology
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For DTrace, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DTrace with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
DTrace
Nodes67
Edges66
Triples91
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around DTrace to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Technology & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
