What Operating System Does Unix Belong to?
Contents Evolution of Unix and Unix-Like Systems Developer Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas Mcilroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs Written...
| Evolution of Unix and Unix-like systems | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs |
| Written in | C and assembly language |
| OS family | Unix |
| Source model | Historically proprietary software, while some Unix projects (including BSD family and illumos) are open-source |
What operating systems use UNIX?
Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Orbis OS used on the PlayStation 4, whatever firmware is running on your router — all of these operating systems are often called “Unix-like” operating systems.
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