Unix

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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?

The Open Group Signup and view all the answers

Which company developed the SunOS/Solaris variant of Unix?

Sun Microsystems Signup and view all the answers

What is a Unix shell primarily used for?

Providing a command line user interface Signup and view all the answers

How do users typically interact with a Unix shell?

Using a terminal emulator Signup and view all the answers

What feature do all Unix shells provide?

Filename wildcarding Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

Change the environment in which other programs execute Signup and view all the answers

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Who were the original developers of AT&T Unix?

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

Which organization owns the UNIX trademark?

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

Which company developed the SunOS/Solaris variant of Unix?

What is a Unix shell primarily used for?

How do users typically interact with a Unix shell?

What feature do all Unix shells provide?

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

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

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