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Who were the original developers of AT&T Unix?

  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin
  • Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie (correct)
  • Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
  • Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman

    • To whom did AT&T sell its rights in Unix in the early 1990s?

  • IBM
  • Novell (correct)
  • Microsoft
  • Sun Microsystems

    • Which organization owns the UNIX trademark?

  • IETF
  • IEEE
  • ISO
  • The Open Group (correct)

    • What is the name of the industry consortium that allows the use of the UNIX mark for certified operating systems?

    <p>The Open Group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company developed the SunOS/Solaris variant of Unix?

    <p>Sun Microsystems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a Unix shell primarily used for?

    <p>Providing a command line user interface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do users typically interact with a Unix shell?

    <p>Using a terminal emulator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What feature do all Unix shells provide?

    <p>Filename wildcarding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a shell in the context of Unix-like operating systems?

    <p>A program that executes other programs in response to text commands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can a sophisticated shell do in Unix-like operating systems?

    <p>Change the environment in which other programs execute</p> Signup and view all the answers

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