Rhapsody

E284314

Apple operating system operating system project

Rhapsody was Apple’s early post-NeXT operating system project that combined NeXTSTEP’s advanced technologies with a Mac OS–compatible environment, serving as a key transitional step toward what became Mac OS X.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Rhapsody canonical	5

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apple operating system ⓘ operating system project ⓘ
acquisitionRelatedTo	Apple acquisition of NeXT ⓘ
announcedAt	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference ⓘ surface form: Worldwide Developers Conference
announcedBy	Steve Jobs ⓘ
announcedByOrganization	Apple Inc. ⓘ
announcedInYear	1997 ⓘ
basedOn	NeXTSTEP ⓘ OPENSTEP ⓘ
codename	Rhapsody self-link ⓘ
companyContext	post-NeXT acquisition strategy ⓘ
containsEnvironment	Classic Environment in Mac OS X ⓘ surface form: Blue Box classic Mac OS environment
containsFramework	Yellow Box application framework ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
developmentPhase	developer preview ⓘ
developmentStatus	discontinued ⓘ
goal	provide transition path for Mac developers ⓘ unify NeXTSTEP and Mac OS technologies ⓘ
historicalRole	transitional step toward Mac OS X ⓘ
includesComponent	Blue Box ⓘ Mac OS–compatible environment ⓘ NeXTSTEP ⓘ surface form: NeXTSTEP technologies Yellow Box ⓘ
influenced	Cocoa frameworks ⓘ Mac OS X design ⓘ
intendedSuccessorOf	Classic Mac OS ⓘ surface form: classic Mac OS
kernelBase	BSD components ⓘ Mach microkernel ⓘ
kernelType	hybrid kernel ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Darwin lineage ⓘ Mac OS X lineage ⓘ
predecessor	NeXTSTEP ⓘ OPENSTEP ⓘ
primaryUserInterface	Aqua precursor ⓘ NeXTSTEP-style GUI ⓘ
successor	macOS ⓘ surface form: Mac OS X Mac OS X Server ⓘ surface form: Mac OS X Server 1.0
supports	preemptive multitasking ⓘ protected memory ⓘ
supportsProgrammingInterface	Objective-C ⓘ surface form: Objective-C APIs OPENSTEP ⓘ surface form: OpenStep API
targetPlatform	IBM PC compatible ⓘ surface form: Intel x86 PCs Power Macintosh ⓘ surface form: PowerPC Macintosh
usedAsBasisFor	Mac OS X Server ⓘ surface form: Mac OS X Server 1.0 early Mac OS X betas ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NeXTSTEP → successor → Rhapsody ⓘ

Application Kit → operatingSystem → Rhapsody ⓘ

Application Kit → lineage → Rhapsody ⓘ

Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 → fourthPieceType → Rhapsody ⓘ

Rhapsody → codename → Rhapsody self-link ⓘ