UNIX
Server software standard
UNIX is an operating system developed at Bell Labs in 1969, foundational to modern computing.
Its design principles—modular tools, plain text configuration, hierarchical file systems—influenced nearly every operating system that followed, including Linux and macOS.
The name is often styled Unix in contemporary usage.
She learned to program on a UNIX workstation in the 1980s.
Storied telecommunications research institution
- ThompsonPatronymic surname
- RitchieCommon masculine name
- AT&TTelecommunications conglomerate
- hackerUnauthorized system accessor
philosophy · bearded · sysadmin · RTFM · graybeard · epoch · 1970
Bell Labs
Storied telecommunications research institution
hacker · philosophy · bearded · sysadmin · RTFM · graybeard · epoch · 1970
shell
Hard outer covering
tail · head · find · touch · kill · ps · man · sudo · pipe · top
Solaris
Sun's enterprise Unix variant
- macOSApple computer operating system
- vintage softwareBASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, MS-DOS, DOS
- 1970 eventsApollo 13, Earth Day, Monday Night Football, Kent State
Restricted, owned computer programs
Windows · walled garden · closed source · closed-source · bloatware