4.2BSD
E828994
4.2BSD is a historically significant version of the Berkeley Software Distribution Unix operating system that introduced major networking and filesystem innovations, including early TCP/IP support.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Berkeley Software Distribution
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Unix operating system ⓘ computer operating system release ⓘ |
| basedOn | 4.1BSD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codename | Berkeley Software Distribution 4.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
Computer Systems Research Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionModel | source code distribution ⓘ |
| documentation | 4.2BSD System Manual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Berkeley Fast File System
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TCP/IP stack ⓘ job control in the shell ⓘ select system call ⓘ sockets API ⓘ virtual memory improvements ⓘ |
| includesProgram |
Berkeley network utilities
NERFINISHED
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csh NERFINISHED ⓘ vi editor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
4.3BSD
NERFINISHED
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BSD Unix derivatives ⓘ SunOS NERFINISHED ⓘ System V Release 4 networking NERFINISHED ⓘ design of modern Unix filesystems ⓘ early TCP/IP implementations on other Unix systems ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
4.2BSD sockets API
NERFINISHED
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Berkeley Fast File System NERFINISHED ⓘ improved virtual memory system ⓘ integrated TCP/IP networking ⓘ job control in csh ⓘ select system call for I/O multiplexing ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license | proprietary with source license ⓘ |
| networkingModel | TCP/IP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Fast File System design
NERFINISHED
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early full TCP/IP implementation in Unix ⓘ influence on later Unix variants ⓘ influential sockets networking interface ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Berkeley Software Distribution family ⓘ |
| primaryArchitecture | VAX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-08-01 ⓘ |
| status | historical, no longer maintained ⓘ |
| successor | 4.3BSD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture | DEC VAX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetUse |
research computing environments
ⓘ
time-sharing systems ⓘ |
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