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Norton Commander

Norton Commander (NC) is a discontinued prototypical orthodox file manager (OFM), written by John Socha and released by Peter Norton Computing (later acquired in 1990 by the Symantec corporation). NC provides a text-based user interface for managing files on top of MS-DOS. It was officially produced between 1986 and 1998. The last MS-DOS version of…

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Norton Commander-inspired software

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Norton Commander for Windows

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Final release
5.51 / 1 July 1998; 28 years ago (1998-07-01)
License
Commercial proprietary software
Operating system
MS-DOS
Original author
John Socha
Release
1986; 40 years ago (1986)
Type
File manager

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Norton Commander for Windows

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Norton Commander

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples99
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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Norton Commander

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related to Norton Commander-inspired software · 40
Norton Commander → ACE Archiver, Amiga, Android, Avanquest, BeOSCommander One, Commander, Console, DCC, DOS, DOS Command Center, DOSDouble Commander, DOSThe DOS Controller, DOSWinNC, Examples, Java, John Socha, LinuxDirectory Opus, LinuxFAR Manager, Linuxfman, LinuxGhost Commander
related to 2.0 · 8
Norton Commander → Installer, It, Network Utilities, Norton Commander Scheduler, Version, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP
related to Long filenames · 8
Norton Commander → In, LFN, LFNs, Symantec, TSR, Windows, Windows APIs, Windows Explorer
related to Reception · 7
Norton Commander → BYTE, BYTE Awards, Distinction, DOS, InfoWorld, January, The
related to External links · 6
Norton Commander → Development, GUI Gallery, Norton Desktop, Softpanorama, The History, Windows
related to Norton Commander for OS/2 · 6
Norton Commander → December, FAT, HPFS, It, OS/2, Version
related to References · 5
Norton Commander → Development, NC, Nikolai Bezroukov, OFMs, The History
related to background · 4
Norton Commander → John Socha, NC John Socha, VDOS, Visual DOS
related to References in popular culture · 4
Norton Commander → Men, Montreal, Trust, While
related to Norton Commander for Windows · 2
Norton Commander → DOS, Windows

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norton commander windows file version dos released ms-dos manager nc desktop john socha 51 symantec shell long user two os

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Norton CommanderFinal release5.51 / 1 July 1998; 28 years ago (1998-07-01)1.00infobox
Norton CommanderLicenseCommercial proprietary software1.00infobox
Norton CommanderOperating systemMS-DOS1.00infobox
Norton CommanderOriginal authorJohn Socha1.00infobox
Norton CommanderRelease1986; 40 years ago (1986)1.00infobox
Norton CommanderTypeFile manager1.00infobox
Norton CommanderWritten inC, assembly1.00infobox
the Recycle Bininstance ofIt supported both Windows 95 and Windows NT.This version fully integrated with Windows features0.80text
Quick Viewinstance ofIt supported both Windows 95 and Windows NT.This version fully integrated with Windows features0.80text
Norton Commanderrelated to 2.0Version0.60section
Norton Commanderrelated to 2.0It0.60section
Norton Commanderrelated to 2.0Windows0.60section

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