:BSD: /B-S-D/ n. [abbreviation for `Berkeley System 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,
and are still widely popular. See {{UNIX}}, {USG UNIX}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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,
and are still widely popular. See {{UNIX}}, {USG UNIX}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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- 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... - 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,... - tunafish: n. In hackish lore, refers to the mutated punchline of
an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the manual pages of
`tunefs(8)' in the original {BSD} 4.2 distribution.
The joke was removed in later releases once commercial... - vi: /V-I/, *not* /vi:/ and *never* /siks/ [from
`Visual Interface'] n.
A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for... - Death Star: [from the movie "Star Wars"] 1. The AT&T
corporate logo,
which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears ... - C: n. 1. The third letter of the English alphabet. 2.
ASCII 1000011. 3. The name of a programming language... - tunafish n.
In hackish lore, refers to the mutated
punchline of an age-old joke to be found at the bottom of the
manual pages of tunefs(8) in the original BSD 4.2
distribution.
The joke was removed in later releases once commercial...
