SunView
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SunView was an early graphical user interface and windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems for its Unix workstations.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphical user interface
ⓘ
windowing system ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sun core graphics system ⓘ |
| companyHeadquartersOfDeveloper | Mountain View, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Sun Microsystems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developerInstanceOf | Sun Microsystems is a technology company ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with SunOS ⓘ |
| feature |
cut-and-paste operations
ⓘ
icons ⓘ menus ⓘ mouse-driven interface ⓘ multiple applications on screen ⓘ overlapping windows ⓘ scrollbars ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
early Unix GUI for workstations
ⓘ
pre-X11 Sun graphical environment ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sun Microsystems in the 1980s ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first widely used GUIs on Unix workstations ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | SunOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Sun workstation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sun-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | SunWindows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | OpenWindows environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsOnKernelType | Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
OpenWindows
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
X Window System–based desktop on SunOS ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingInterface |
SunView API
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SunView toolkit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetUser |
engineers
ⓘ
scientists ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Unix workstation desktop environment
ⓘ
software development on Sun workstations ⓘ technical and engineering applications ⓘ |
| userInterfaceParadigm | bitmap-based GUI ⓘ |
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