English Dictionary: BSD | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for BSD | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
BSD /B-S-D/ n. [abbreviation for `Berkeley Software Distribution'] a family of {{Unix}} versions for the {DEC} {VAX} and PDP-11 developed by Bill Joy and others at {Berzerkeley} starting around 1980, incorporating paged virtual memory, TCP/IP networking enhancements, and many other features. The BSD versions (4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) and the commercial versions derived from them (SunOS, ULTRIX, and Mt. Xinu) held the technical lead in the Unix world until AT&T's successful standardization efforts after about 1986; descendants are still widely popular. Note that BSD versions going back to 2.9 are often referred to by their version numbers, without the BSD prefix. See {4.2}, {{Unix}}, {USG Unix}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BSD {Berkeley Software Distribution} |