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Unix was originally developed because there was surplus electronic equipment around Bell Labs, and some of the researchers who used the Multics system for research and publishing purposes could not get their work done.
Unix was originally developed to help with publishing research and reports in a multi-user system to be used along side the Multics multi-user operating system.
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The first major program written in C was the what opserating system?
Unix kernel
What is Cygwin used for?
Cygwin is used to port applications that were written for Unix or Linux to a Windows environment.
Which came first C or Unix?
Unix was created first. The C programming language was created for Unix.
Why is Unix open source?
Unix is not open source, it is proprietary. Linux is the open-source version of Unix.
On which OS platform c pgm run in unix?
unix.
What was Unix originally written for and how is it used today?
mainframe computers networking
What operating system is usually associated with C?
The C programming language was originally created for Unix. Unix, and most other Unix-like systems such as Linux, are written almost entirely in C.
What is Minix?
MINIX (short for Minimal Unix) is a Unix-like operating system written by Andrew Tanenbaum. It was originally created to teach microkernel programming to university students.
What programming language was Unix written in?
UNIX was programmed in C.
What has the author William Holliker written?
William Holliker has written: 'UNIX Shell commands quick reference' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer file), UNIX Shells
What has the author Katherine Wrightson written?
Katherine Wrightson has written: 'Mastering Unix' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer file)
What has the author Rik Farrow written?
Rik Farrow has written: 'UNIX system security' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer operating system), Computer security, UNIX (Computer file)
What is the purpose of Unix software?
Unix is an multitasking, multi-user computer operating system developed by AT&T. It is currently owned by The Open Group. The Unix operating system was originally intended to be used for developing software.
What is the term that applies to a kit or a set of tools used originally on unix computers?
Rootkit
What has the author A N Walker written?
A. N. Walker has written: 'The UNIX TM environment' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer operating system)
What has the author Douglas W Topham written?
Douglas W. Topham has written: 'A system V guide to UNIX and XENIX' -- subject(s): UNIX System V (Computer file), XENIX (Computer file) 'The first book of UNIX' 'UNIX and XENIX' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer file), XENIX
What has the author Jean L Yates written?
Jean L. Yates has written: 'The business guide to the UNIX system' -- subject(s): Business, Data processing, UNIX (Computer file), UNIX (Computer operating system)
