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Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations. As of 2007, the owner of the trademark is The Open Group, an industry standards consortium. Only systems fully compliant with and certified to the Single UNIX Specification are qualified to use the trademark; others are called "Unix system-like" or "Unix-like". During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the influence of Unix in academic circles led to large-scale adoption of Unix (particularly of the BSD variant, originating from the University of California, Berkeley) by commercial startups, the most notable of which are Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. Today, in addition to certified Unix systems, Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and BSD are commonly encountered. Sometimes, "traditional Unix" may be used to describe a Unix or an operating system that has the characteristics of either Version 7 Unix or UNIX System V. Contents
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∙ 14y agoUnix is no longer a single operating system, and as such no single company makes it. Historically, Unix was created by AT&T. Nowadays, operating system collectively referred to as "Unix" are created by companies such as Sun (Solaris), Hewlett-Packard (HP-UX), IBM (AIX), and Apple (Mac OS X).
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∙ 10y agoUnix(officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix in small caps) is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie,Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, Michael Lesk and Joe Ossanna.[1]
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∙ 10y agoLinus Torvalds originally wrote the kernel for the Linux operating system. Today, there are tens of thousands of individuals, and some organizations and corporations, responsible for the advancement of the operating system.
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Where can you get a Unix shell for Windows?
A Unix shell can be obtained in Cygwin, a Unix compatibility layer used to compile Unix programs and run them on Windows. Microsoft also makes a shell known as "Windows PowerShell" which incorporates more Unix-like features than the standard command prompt.
Who makes Unix servers?
Servers capable of running a variant of Unix are manufactured by many companies, including Sun Microsystems, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Apple.
Why everything is treated as files in UNIX?
Because it makes it very easy to abstract input, makes programming easier and makes writing drivers easier.
Is Linux a robust operating system that is good training tool for unix?
No, Linux IS Unix, so the question makes no sense. Unix is a general term for a class of operating systems. Linux is also a term applied to more than one operating system variant, but all Linux OS are Unix OS. Redhat is one type of Linux. BSD is a type of Unix that is not Linux.
What makes unix portable and secure?
Unix is the most portable operating system there is because it can run on wide variety of environments from PC's to mainframes. Every user has to have an account and security is set on every file and every directory.
What is uucp?
UUCP is the abbriviation of Unix to Unix copy. It is worldwide email system called UUCP or Unix to Unix copy.This email system was developed for the operating system called Unix.
Windows is based upon unix or Linux?
Unix is no longer a single operating system, and as such no single company makes it. Historically, Unix was created by AT&T. Nowadays, operating system collectively referred to as "Unix" are created by companies such as Sun (Solaris), Hewlett-Packard (HP-UX), IBM (AIX), and Apple (Mac OS X).
Is UNIX based on Linux?
No, but Linux is based on Unix since Linux is a Unix clone.
Who is Unix work performed by?
Unix work is performed by users of the unix system, for application and system programs, or anything that requires a Unix system.
What is a Unix Computer?
A computer that runs Unix.
What are the socket types in UNIX?
Unix commands
What is a Unix console?
A Unix console is a CLI interface through which to control or monitor a Unix computer.
