Gnu : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gnu	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Gnu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gnu n large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail Synonym(s): gnu, wildebeest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gnu \Gnu\, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo[94]l.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus {Catoblephas}, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also {gnoo}.] Note: The common gnu or wildebeest ({Catoblephas gnu}) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest ({C. gorgon}) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
GNU /gnoo/, _not_ /noo/ 1. [acronym: `GNU's Not Unix!', see {{recursive acronym}}] A Unix-workalike development effort of the Free Software Foundation headed by Richard Stallman <>. GNU EMACS and the GNU C compiler, two tools designed for this project, have become very popular in hackerdom and elsewhere. The GNU project was designed partly to proselytize for RMS's position that information is community property and all software source should be shared. One of its slogans is "Help stamp out software hoarding!" Though this remains controversial (because it implicitly denies any right of designers to own, assign, and sell the results of their labors), many hackers who disagree with RMS have nevertheless cooperated to produce large amounts of high-quality software for free redistribution under the Free Software Foundation's imprimatur. The GNU project has a web page at `http://www.gnu.org'. See {EMACS}, {copyleft}, {General Public Virus}, {Linux}. 2. Noted Unix hacker John Gilmore <>, founder of Usenet's anarchic alt.* hierarchy.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GNU /gnoo/ 1. A {recursive acronym}: "GNU's Not Unix!". The {Free Software Foundation}'s project to provide a freely distributable replacement for {Unix}. The GNU* Manifesto was published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal but the GNU project started a year and a half earlier when {Richard Stallman} was trying to get funding to work on his freely distributable editor, {Emacs}. {Emacs} and the GNU {C} compiler, {gcc}, two tools designed for this project, have become very popular. GNU software is available from many {GNU archive site}s. See also {Hurd}. 2. {John Gilmore}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-04-12)