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On Our Campus The UNIX System Has Proved To Be Not Only An Effective Software Tool, But An Agent Of Technical And Social Change Within The University.
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On our campus the UNIX system has proved to be not only an effective software
tool, but an agent of technical and social change within the University.
-- John Lions (U. of Toronto (?))
Related:
Lions Book n. "Source Code and Commentary on Unix level 6", by John Lions.
The two parts of this book contained (1) the entire source listing of the Unix Version 6 kernel, and (2) a commentary on the source discussing the algorithms....
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer, University of Toronto Unix hack...
Lions Book: n. "Source Code and Commentary on UNIX level 6", by John Lions.
The two parts of this book contained (1) the entire source listing of the UNIX Version 6 kernel, and (2) a commentary on the source discussing the algorithms....
operating system n. [techspeak] (Often abbreviated `OS') The foundation software of a machine
hat which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications....
operating system:: [techspeak] n. (Often abbreviated `OS') The foundation software of a machine, of course
hat which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications....
Linux World Domination: Not A Joke! WASHINGTON, D.
C. -- Senator Fattecat (R-WA) is pushing for a ban on Finnish-produced software....
wheel bit n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
wheel bit: n. A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted operation on a timesharing system
uch as read or write any file on the system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and user accounts....
The following report appeared in a memo from the vice president of the Southside Transportation Authority.
"We should abandon our current five-year plan to purchase additional buses to serve the campus of Southside University, because students there are unlikely to use them....