Collected by: John Gilmore

Archived since: Feb, 2015

Description:

The UNIX System was one of the first computer operating systems written in a high-level computer language and portable to run on many kinds of computer hardware. It was the inspiration for the GNU system and the subsequent Linux kernel, as well as the BSD (Berkeley Standard Distribution) of UNIX.

Subject:   Computers & Technology,  Society & Culture,  Arts & Humanities,  Unix System,  C (computer language),  History of Computing,  Bell Laboratories,  AT&T Bell Laboratories,  AT&T,  American Telephone & Telegraph Company,  The Unix Heritage Society