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Unix

Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ ⓘ, YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, the development of which started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others. Initially intended for use inside the Bell System, AT&T licensed Unix to outsid…

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Available in
English
Default user interface
Command-line interface and Graphical (Wayland and X Window System; Android SurfaceFlinger; macOS Quartz)
Developer
Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs
Influenced by
CTSS, Multics
Initial release
Development started in 1969 First manual published internally in November 1971 (1971-11) Announced outside Bell Labs in October 1973 (1973-10)
Kernel type
Varies; monolithic, microkernel, hybrid

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Unix

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Edges241
Triples227
Avg. degree1.99
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Unix

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related to Further reading · 33
Unix → Addison Wesley, AIX, Archived, August, Bell System Technical Journal, Commentary, February, FreeBSD, HP-UX, ISBN, John, July, June, Linux, Linux Weekly News, Lions, November, Peer-to-Peer Communications, Peter, Quarter Century
related to External links · 30
Unix → Alfred Aho, AT, Berkeley, Brian Kernighan, BSD, DCBSDCon, Dennis Ritchie, Edition Manual1st Edition, GitHubThe Unix, History, History Repository, HTMLAT, Ken Thompson, Magazine, Making Computers Easier, Making Computers More Productive, Marshall Kirk McKusick, MC68000, MC68000 CPU, September
related to history · 24
Unix → Bell Labs, Brian Kernighan, Computer Services, Computing Service, Dennis Ritchie, Doug McIlroy, Douglas McIlroy, Frustrated, GE, General Electric, In, Joe Ossanna, Ken Thompson, Kernighan, Massachusetts Institute, Multics, Multiplexed Information, Neumann, Peter, Technology
related to ARPANET · 22
Unix → Advanced Computation, ARPANET, ARPANET-wide, At, Bell, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Center, Illinois Urbana-Champaign, In, In May, It, NCP, Network Control Program, Network Unix, QED, RFC, The, The RFC, The Unix, University
related to Branding · 22
Unix → Appeals, AT, August, In October, Microsoft, Novell, Only, Release, Santa Cruz Operation, SCO, SCO Group Inc, Single UNIX Specification, System, Tenth Circuit, The, The Open Group, United States Court, Unix System, Unix-like, Whether Novell
related to Free Unix and Unix-like variants · 22
Unix → Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, GNU, GNU Compiler Collection, GNU Core Utilities, GNU General Public License, GNU Hurd, GNU's Not Unix, In, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux Mint, Popular, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Richard Stallman, Slackware Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, The GNU
related to Standards · 17
Unix → Austin Group, Common Open Software Environment, COSE, CPU, ELF, IEEE, In, Linkable Format, Open Group, Open Group Base Specification, POSIX, Single UNIX Specification, Starting, SUS, SVR4's Executable, The, The Open Group
has impact · 8
Unix → Although, Burroughs MCP, CTSS, It, Multics, The, The Plan, The Unix
related to Components · 8
Unix → By, Impact, MB, See, The, The Unix, This, V7 UNIX
related to overview · 8
Unix → At, Brian Kernighan, IPC, Later, Rob Pike, The, The Unix Programming Environment, These

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system systems operating bsd many software used also linux language kernel include early tools bell group first unix-like use code

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UnixAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
UnixDefault user interfaceCommand-line interface and Graphical (Wayland and X Window System; Android SurfaceFlinger; macOS Quartz)1.00infobox
UnixDeveloperKen Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs1.00infobox
UnixInfluenced byCTSS, Multics1.00infobox
UnixInitial releaseDevelopment started in 1969 First manual published internally in November 1971 (1971-11) Announced outside Bell Labs in October 1973 (1973-10)1.00infobox
UnixKernel typeVaries; monolithic, microkernel, hybrid1.00infobox
UnixLicenseVaries; some versions are proprietary, others are free/libre or open-source software1.00infobox
UnixOfficial websitewww.opengroup.org/unix-systems1.00infobox
UnixOS familyUnix1.00infobox
UnixSource modelHistorically proprietary software, while some Unix projects (including BSD family and Illumos) are open-source and historical Unix source code is archived.1.00infobox
UnixWritten inC and assembly language1.00infobox
Unixis aOpen Group0.90text

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