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-[CharlesDarwin] was the father of evolutionary biology. See also [Evolution].  
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-I believe you'll find the Darwin being referred to in relation to [MacOSX] (pronounced "Mackoss Ten" or something like that).  
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- Darwin is the "base OS " that includes the [Mach] micro-[Kernel] and a (mostly [FreeBSD]-derived) UserSpace. Hence the claim that MacOSX is " Unix" . On top of this sits all the OSX graphics environment ([Aqua]) and the programming [API]s [Cocoa] and the older [Carbon]. These APIs don't really use the unix way of doing things - for example, OSX has its own "!NetInfo" service for resolving things instead of using /etc/passwd or /etc/hosts. 
+Darwin is the "base" OperatingSystem that includes the [Mach] micro-[Kernel] and a [BSD]-compatible (mostly [FreeBSD]-derived) UserSpace – hence the claim that [ MacOSX] is Unix. On top of this sits all the [MacOSX] graphics environment ([Aqua]) and the programming [API]s [Cocoa] and the older [Carbon]. These [API]s don't really use the Unix way of doing things for example, [MacOSX] has its own "!NetInfo" service for resolving things instead of using <tt> /etc/passwd</tt> or <tt> /etc/hosts</tt>