X11

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graphical user interface protocol network protocol windowing system

X11 is a widely used windowing system and network-transparent graphical protocol that provides the foundational GUI framework for Unix-like operating systems.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
X Window System 34
X11 canonical 32
X11 protocol 5

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphical user interface protocol ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ
windowing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs X ⓘ
X11 ⓘ
surface form: X Window System
architecture X clients request drawing and receive events ⓘ
X server manages display and input devices ⓘ
category Free software ⓘ
Graphical user interface technology ⓘ
Network protocols ⓘ
communicationModel asynchronous message passing ⓘ
designGoal device independence ⓘ
extensibility ⓘ
network transparency ⓘ
developer MIT X Consortium ⓘ
X.Org Foundation ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1987 ⓘ
hasImplementation Cygwin ⓘ
surface form: Cygwin/X

X.Org Server ⓘ
XFree86 ⓘ
XQuartz ⓘ
influenced Mir display server ⓘ
Wayland ⓘ
license permissive open-source licenses via X.Org implementation ⓘ
majorVersion 11 ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
predecessor X10 ⓘ
protocolType client–server protocol ⓘ
provides 2D graphics primitives ⓘ
basic GUI primitives ⓘ
event handling for input devices ⓘ
mechanism for managing windows ⓘ
windowing framework ⓘ
requires window manager for advanced desktop features ⓘ
role foundational GUI layer on many Unix-like systems ⓘ
standardizedBy X.Org Foundation ⓘ
supports bitmap and vector graphics ⓘ
keyboard input ⓘ
multiple screens ⓘ
multiple virtual desktops via window managers ⓘ
network-transparent graphical display ⓘ
pointer input ⓘ
remote graphical applications ⓘ
supportsExtension Composite extension ⓘ
GLX ⓘ
RANDR ⓘ
DirectX ⓘ
surface form: XInput

X11 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: XRender

XVideo ⓘ
Xinerama ⓘ
typicalWindowManagers fvwm ⓘ
KWin ⓘ
surface form: kwin

metacity ⓘ
mutter ⓘ
twm ⓘ
usedBy AIX ⓘ
BSD ⓘ
surface form: BSD operating systems

HP-UX ⓘ
Linux distributions ⓘ
Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form: Solaris

UNIX workstations ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

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

GNU Emacs → supportsDisplayProtocol → X11 ⓘ
ACM Software System Award → notableRecipient → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
Arena web browser → platform → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Arena
this entity surface form: X Window System
Sun-3 workstation → supports → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
GNOME desktop environment → usesDisplayServerProtocol → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: GNOME
LXQt desktop environment → usesDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: LXQt
Cinnamon desktop environment → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Cinnamon
IBM RS/6000 systems → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: IBM RS/6000
this entity surface form: X Window System
Linux Mint → usesDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X.Org Server
KDE Plasma desktop environment → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: KDE Plasma
Mosaic (web browser) → platform → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
this entity surface form: X Window System
MATE desktop environment → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
X11 → alsoKnownAs → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
X11 → supportsExtension → X11 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: XRender
Wayland → replaces → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X11 protocol
Wayland → replaces → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
SPARCstation → supports → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
HP-UX → supportsUserInterface → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
FreeBSD → supportsUserInterface → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
IRIX operating system → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: IRIX
this entity surface form: X Window System
Indigo workstations → supports → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
Indy workstations → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Indy workstation
Xfce → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
MATE → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
Sun 3/480 → supportsWindowSystem → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
GTK → supportsPlatform → X11 ⓘ
GDM → supports → X11 ⓘ
Flatpak → supportsPlatform → X11 ⓘ
GTK (for graphical interface) → supportsPlatform → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: GTK
LXDE → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
Razor-qt → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
KWin → supportsDisplayServerProtocol → X11 ⓘ
Xfwm4 → supportsProtocol → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
Xfwm4 → platform → X11 ⓘ
IceWM → supports → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
Openbox → supports → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
KDE community → supportsDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
Discover software center → platform → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Discover
Konsole terminal emulator → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Konsole
KDE neon → defaultDisplayServer → X11 ⓘ
xterm → partOf → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
xterm → platform → X11 ⓘ
Mosaic → platform → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
Marco window manager → supports → X11 ⓘ
subject surface form: Marco
MATE Control Center → compatibleWith → X11 ⓘ
MATE Screensaver → supports → X11 ⓘ
GNOME Shell → usesDisplayServerProtocol → X11 ⓘ
Fluxbox → supportsPlatform → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
MIT X Consortium → product → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: X Window System
MIT X Consortium → standardized → X11 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xlib programming interface