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troff (/ˈtiːrɒf/), short for "typesetter roff", is the major component of a document processing system developed by Bell Labs for the Unix operating system. troff and the related nroff were both developed from the original roff.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troff | Developer | AT&T Bell Laboratories | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | License | Plan 9: MIT License | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Original author | Joe Ossanna | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Platform | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Type | Command | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Website | troff.org | 1.00 | infobox |
| Troff | Written in | C | 1.00 | infobox |
| Interleaf | instance of | Plan 9 edition.While troff has been supplanted by other programs | 0.80 | text |
| FrameMaker | instance of | Plan 9 edition.While troff has been supplanted by other programs | 0.80 | text |
| and LaTeX | instance of | Plan 9 edition.While troff has been supplanted by other programs | 0.80 | text |
| it is still being used quite extensively | instance of | Plan 9 edition.While troff has been supplanted by other programs | 0.80 | text |
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