UNIX : Full Form !!

[Dev]

hello all,

what is full name of operating system UNIX?

[Dev]

Re: UNIX : Full Form !!


Dev wrote:
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> hello all,
>
> what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]

Before anyone comment that "I should put this topic in UNIX" i would
like to say extremely sorry to everyone hence it posted by my friend
mistakely !!

[Ingo Menger]

Re: UNIX : Full Form !!


Dev schrieb:
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> hello all,
>
> what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]

Do you mean something like "tty '70"?

[P.J. Plauger]

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"Dev" <krunal.linux@g mail.com> wrote in message
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> what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]

Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
thing three and a half decades ago.

BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
IIRC.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.

http://www.dinkumware.com

[Nick Keighley]

Re: UNIX : Full Form !!


P.J. Plauger wrote:[color=blue]
> "Dev" <krunal.linux@g mail.com> wrote in message
> news:1139486199 .490688.301970@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .
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> > what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]
>
> Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
> a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
> a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
> machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
> thing three and a half decades ago.
>
> BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
> combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
> IIRC.[/color]

Many Unusually Large Tables In Core Simultaneously

(I'm sure Multics is actually a paragon in its memory usage by todays
standards!)


--
Nick Keighley

[Grumble]

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P.J. Plauger wrote:[color=blue]
> Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
> a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
> a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
> machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
> thing three and a half decades ago.
>
> BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
> combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
> IIRC.[/color]

MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service?

(Wikipedia rules.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

[P.J. Plauger]

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"Grumble" <devnull@kma.eu .org> wrote in message
news:43ebd087$0 $276$626a14ce@n ews.free.fr...
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> P.J. Plauger wrote:[color=green]
>> Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
>> a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
>> a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
>> machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
>> thing three and a half decades ago.
>>
>> BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
>> combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
>> IIRC.[/color]
>
> MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service?[/color]

Sure, why not? I guess IIRI.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.

http://www.dinkumware.com

[Stan Milam]

Re: UNIX : Full Form !!

P.J. Plauger wrote:[color=blue]
> "Dev" <krunal.linux@g mail.com> wrote in message
> news:1139486199 .490688.301970@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .
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>>what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]
>
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> Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
> a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
> a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
> machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
> thing three and a half decades ago.
>
> BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
> combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
> IIRC.
>
> P.J. Plauger
> Dinkumware, Ltd.
> http://www.dinkumware.com
>
>[/color]

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that when Ken Thompson demonstrated
the yet-to-be named OS that Mr. Kerninghan exclaimed something like "Ha,
it's a castrated Multics!"

[Rod Pemberton]

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"Stan Milam" <stmilam@swbell .net> wrote in message
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> P.J. Plauger wrote:[color=green]
> > "Dev" <krunal.linux@g mail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1139486199 .490688.301970@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .
> >
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> >>what is full name of operating system UNIX?[/color]
> >
> >
> > Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
> > a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
> > a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
> > machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
> > thing three and a half decades ago.
> >
> > BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
> > combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
> > IIRC.[/color]
>
> I read somewhere, a long time ago, that when Ken Thompson demonstrated
> the yet-to-be named OS that Mr. Kerninghan exclaimed something like "Ha,
> it's a castrated Multics!"[/color]

Correct. The 'forgettable' combination UNIX's name is described in an
excerpt here:

http://www.english.uga.edu/hc/unixhistoryrev.html

And on other sites, once you know what to search for...

Rod Pemberton