Inferno
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Inferno is a distributed operating system developed at Bell Labs, known for its use of the Limbo programming language and its focus on portable, networked computing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inferno canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
distributed operating system
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Plan 9 from Bell Labs ⓘ |
| canRunOn |
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
ⓘ
surface form:
Plan 9
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ bare hardware ⓘ hosted operating systems ⓘ |
| communicationModel | Styx protocol ⓘ |
| designedFor |
networked computing
ⓘ
portable computing ⓘ |
| developer |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
ⓘ
surface form:
Bell Labs
Lucent Technologies ⓘ |
| fileSystemModel | namespaces ⓘ |
| GUIFramework | Tk-like toolkit for Limbo ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Dis virtual machine
ⓘ
Limbo compiler ⓘ Styx file server ⓘ graphical window system ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
ⓘ
surface form:
Plan 9 namespace model
|
| license | open source (later releases) ⓘ |
| namespacePerProcess | yes ⓘ |
| networkTransparency | yes ⓘ |
| originOrganization |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
ⓘ
surface form:
Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center
|
| programmingLanguage | Limbo ⓘ |
| runsOnArchitecture |
ARM
ⓘ
MIPS ⓘ PowerPC ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| supports |
distributed computing
ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ portable bytecode ⓘ resource-limited devices ⓘ virtual machine ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
Java ⓘ
surface form:
Java (via hosted environments)
Limbo ⓘ |
| supportsSecurity |
authentication mechanisms
ⓘ
encryption ⓘ |
| targetDomain |
distributed services
ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ network appliances ⓘ |
| uses | Dis virtual machine ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | Styx ⓘ |
| virtualMachineName | Dis ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.