OPENSTEP

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application programming interface operating system environment

OPENSTEP is an object-oriented application programming interface and operating system environment developed by NeXT that later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
AppKit 1
NeXTSTEP 1
NeXTSTEP AppKit 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf application programming interface ⓘ
operating system environment ⓘ
basedOn NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXTSTEP APIs
category API specification ⓘ
application framework ⓘ
software development platform ⓘ
developer NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form: NeXT
formsFoundationFor iOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
historicalRole precursor to Apple’s modern operating systems ⓘ
includesFramework Application Kit ⓘ
Display PostScript-based graphics ⓘ
Foundation framework ⓘ
surface form: Foundation Kit
influenced AppKit design in macOS ⓘ
Cocoa ⓘ
UIKit ⓘ
surface form: Cocoa Touch

Foundation design in macOS ⓘ
GNUstep ⓘ
introduced mid-1990s ⓘ
languageBinding C ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
license proprietary ⓘ
operatingSystemEnvironmentFor NeXT Inc. ⓘ
surface form: NeXT computers
programmingParadigm object-oriented ⓘ
provides application frameworks ⓘ
object runtime services ⓘ
user interface components ⓘ
relatedTo NeXTSTEP ⓘ
macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: macOS Cocoa API
standardizedBy NeXT and Sun Microsystems ⓘ
successor Cocoa ⓘ
supports object messaging via Objective-C runtime ⓘ
supportsDistributedObjects true ⓘ
supportsEventDrivenProgramming true ⓘ
supportsGUIProgramming true ⓘ
supportsObjectPersistence true ⓘ
supportsProgrammingModel Model-View-Controller ⓘ
surface form: Model–View–Controller
targetPlatform HP-UX ⓘ
NeXTSTEP ⓘ
Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Solaris

Windows NT ⓘ
usesGraphicsSystem PostScript ⓘ
surface form: Display PostScript

Referenced by (15)

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

NeXTSTEP → includesFramework → OPENSTEP ⓘ
this entity surface form: AppKit
NeXTSTEP → influenced → OPENSTEP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NeXTSTEP AppKit
NEXT → notableProduct → OPENSTEP ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
NeXT Mail → operatingSystem → OPENSTEP ⓘ
this entity surface form: OPENSTEP for Mach
NeXTcube → operatingSystem → OPENSTEP ⓘ
subject surface form: WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form: NeXTSTEP
NEXT → operatingSystemDeveloped → OPENSTEP ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
Cocoa → predecessor → OPENSTEP ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenStep
macOS Cocoa → predecessor → OPENSTEP ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenStep AppKit
NeXT Inc. → product → OPENSTEP ⓘ
NEXT → softwareProductLine → OPENSTEP ⓘ
subject surface form: NeXT Inc.
this entity surface form: OPENSTEP frameworks
NeXTSTEP → successor → OPENSTEP ⓘ