Unix

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multitasking operating system multiuser operating system operating system time-sharing system

Unix is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed in the 1970s that has profoundly influenced modern computing and inspired many derivative systems like Linux and macOS.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Unix canonical 81
UNIX 42
Unix operating system 4

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multitasking operating system ⓘ
multiuser operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
time-sharing system ⓘ
designGoal multitasking ⓘ
multiuser support ⓘ
portability ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
developer Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Bell Laboratories

Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: Bell Labs

Brian Kernighan ⓘ
Dennis Ritchie ⓘ
Ken Thompson ⓘ
family Unix self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unix operating systems
feature device-as-file abstraction ⓘ
hierarchical file system ⓘ
networking support ⓘ
permissions and user groups ⓘ
pipes and filters ⓘ
process control ⓘ
shell scripting ⓘ
text-based configuration ⓘ
hasVariant AIX ⓘ
BSD ⓘ
surface form: BSD Unix

HP-UX ⓘ
IRIX operating system ⓘ
surface form: IRIX

Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: SunOS

UNIX System V ⓘ
Xenix ⓘ
influenced AIX ⓘ
BSD ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ
HP-UX ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
NetBSD ⓘ
OpenBSD ⓘ
POSIX ⓘ
Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Solaris

System V derivatives ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
influencedBy Multics ⓘ
initialReleaseYear 1969 ⓘ
laterPlatform PDP-11 ⓘ
VAX ⓘ
licenseHistory originally proprietary ⓘ
notableConcept everything is a file ⓘ
small tools, loosely coupled ⓘ
originalPlatform PDP-7 ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
standardizedBy POSIX ⓘ
Single UNIX Specification ⓘ
trademarkOwner The Open Group ⓘ
useCase academic computing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
server operating system ⓘ
telecommunications systems ⓘ

Referenced by (141)

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Internet Explorer → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
Telnet → commonlyAvailableOn → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: BSD
SAS → supportsOperatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Linux → inspiredBy → Unix ⓘ
macOS → basedOn → Unix ⓘ
Dropbear SSH → isPortableTo → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: BSD
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym) → relatedTo → Unix ⓘ
subject surface form: GNU is Not Unix
C → usedToImplement → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unix operating system
NLUUG Award → field → Unix ⓘ
NLUUG Award → relatedTo → Unix ⓘ
GNU Emacs → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: BSD
ACM Software System Award → notableRecipient → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX operating system
Sun Microsystems → developerOf → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: SunOS
Unix shell → operatingSystemFamily → Unix ⓘ
Oracle Database → supportsPlatform → Unix ⓘ
WebAssembly System Interface → influencedBy → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: POSIX
Ken Thompson → coCreatorOf → Unix ⓘ
Ken Thompson → notableWork → Unix ⓘ
Dennis Ritchie → knownFor → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unix operating system
Dennis Ritchie → coCreatorOf → Unix ⓘ
Dennis Ritchie → notableWork → Unix ⓘ
Arena web browser → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
subject surface form: Arena
Unix → family → Unix self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unix operating systems
NFS → originallyDesignedFor → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX systems
Sun-1 workstation → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Apollo/Domain workstations → basedOn → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Sun-3 workstation → operatingSystemFamily → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
HP 9000 Series 200 → osFamily → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Sun-2 workstation → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
The Art of Unix Programming → mainSubject → Unix ⓘ
The Art of Unix Programming → mainSubject → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unix philosophy
AIX → operatingSystemFamily → Unix ⓘ
Mosaic (web browser) → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
Darwin → operatingSystemFamily → Unix ⓘ
Samba Team → supportsPlatform → Unix ⓘ
Netherlands Unix User Group → focusesOn → Unix ⓘ
WebObjects → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
NeXTSTEP → basedOn → Unix ⓘ
INGRES relational database system → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Netscape Enterprise Server → operatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
Solaris operating system → basedOn → Unix ⓘ
subject surface form: Solaris
this entity surface form: UNIX
UltraSPARC servers → supportsOperatingSystem → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
NIS → operatingSystemDomain → Unix ⓘ
SPARCstation → platform → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
HP-UX → family → Unix ⓘ
FreeBSD → family → Unix ⓘ
Rob Pike → workedOn → Unix ⓘ
Oracle WebLogic Server → runsOn → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX
Oracle Internet Directory → supportsPlatform → Unix ⓘ
Oracle GoldenGate → runsOn → Unix ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNIX