BSD /B-S-D/ n.
[abbreviation for `Berkeley Software
Distribution'] a family of Unix versions for the DEC
VAX and PDP-11 developed by Bill Joy and others at
Berzerkeley starting around 1980, incorporating paged virtual
memory, TCP/IP networking enhancements, and many other features.
The BSD versions (4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) and the commercial versions
derived from them (SunOS, ULTRIX, and Mt. Xinu) held the technical
lead in the Unix world until AT&T's successful standardization
efforts after about 1986; descendants are still widely popular.
Note that BSD versions going back to 2.9 are often referred to by
their version numbers, without the BSD prefix. See 4.2,
Unix, USG Unix.
[abbreviation for `Berkeley Software
Distribution'] a family of Unix versions for the DEC
VAX and PDP-11 developed by Bill Joy and others at
Berzerkeley starting around 1980, incorporating paged virtual
memory, TCP/IP networking enhancements, and many other features.
The BSD versions (4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) and the commercial versions
derived from them (SunOS, ULTRIX, and Mt. Xinu) held the technical
lead in the Unix world until AT&T's successful standardization
efforts after about 1986; descendants are still widely popular.
Note that BSD versions going back to 2.9 are often referred to by
their version numbers, without the BSD prefix. See 4.2,
Unix, USG Unix.
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family of {{UNIX}} versions for the {DEC} {VAX} and PDP-11
developed by Bill Joy and others at {Berzerkeley} starting
around 1980,
incorporating paged virtual memory, TCP/IP networking... - USG Unix /U-S-G yoo'niks/ n.
Refers to AT&T Unix
commercial versions after Version 7,
especially System III and System V releases 1, 2... - USG UNIX: /U-S-G yoo'niks/ n. Refers to AT&T UNIX
commercial versions after {Version 7},
especially System III and System V releases 1, 2... - Version 7: alt. V7 /vee' se'vn/ n. The 1978 unsupported release of
{{UNIX}} ancestral to all current commercial versions.
Before the release of the POSIX/SVID standards,... - Version 7 alt. V7 /vee' se'vn/ n.
The first widely
distributed version of Unix,
released unsupported by Bell Labs in 1978. The... - tunafish: n. In hackish lore, refers to the mutated punchline of
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`tunefs(8)' in the original {BSD} 4.2 distribution.
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LSD:
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A memory location that is
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especially a place that is inaccessible because it... - scribble n.
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unintentionally destructive way.
"Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went... - spl /S-P-L/
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traditional Unix kernels implement mutual exclusion by running code
at high interrupt levels.
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Unused; pristine; in a known initial state.
"Let's bring up a virgin system and see if it crashes... - gabriel /gay'bree-*l/ n.
[for Dick Gabriel, SAIL LISP
hacker and volleyball fanatic] An unnecessary (in the opinion of
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