bsd

4 definitions found

bsd - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Berkeley Software Distribution
  4.2BSD
  Berkeley 4.2
  Berkeley Unix
  BSD
  BSD Unix
  
     <operating system> (BSD) A family of Unix versions developed
     by Bill Joy and others at the University of California at Berkeley
     , originally for the DEC VAX and PDP-11
     computers, and subsequently ported to almost all modern
     general-purpose computers.  BSD Unix incorporates paged
     virtual memory, TCP/IP networking enhancements and many
     other features.
  
     BSD UNIX 4.0 was released on 1980-10-19.  The BSD versions
     (4.1, 4.2, and 4.3) and the commercial versions derived from
     them (SunOS, ULTRIX, Mt. Xinu, Dynix) held the
     technical lead in the Unix world until AT&T's successful
     standardisation efforts after about 1986, and are still widely
     popular.
  
     See also Berzerkeley, USG Unix.
  
     (2005-01-20)
  

bsd - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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 1977, 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 including
     Free/Open/NetBSD, BSD/OS and MacOS X are still widely popular. Note
     that BSD versions going back to 2.9 are often referred to by their
     version numbers alone, without the BSD prefix. See also Unix.
  

bsd - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  BSD
         Berkeley System / Software Distribution (manufacturer, Unix, OS)
         

  BSD
         Blind Spot Detection (car)