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A multi-user operating system based on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service"). BellLabs felt [Multics] was getting bloated, so they wrote their own system called [Unix], which was "Multics without the balls" or "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of". |
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There is one important dichotomy in the [Unix] world: the [BSD]ish systems and the [SysV]ish systems. |
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See also: |
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* [UNIX] for the Trademark |
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* Our OperatingSystem wiki page for a list of [Unix]-like ones |
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* [http://www.webopaedia.com/TERM/U/UNIX.html] |
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* [The UNIX Time-Sharing System|http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/cacm.html] |
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* [UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/] (serious) [1] |
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* [UNIX History | http://www.wards.net/~bill/humor/geek/unix-history.shtml] (humourous) |
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* [POSIX] |
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* WhyUnix |
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* JargonFile:UNIX |
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* JargonFile:Multics |
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* WikiPedia:UNIX |
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* WikiPedia:Multics |
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[1] There is a must-see graph of the mess that is the history of [Unix] here. |
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