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| If a file to which a soft link exists is deleted, what happens? |
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| The soft link points to a non-existent file. |
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| The command: wc can be used to: |
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| display the number of characters, lines or words in a file |
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| a ____ _____ is a pointer to an inode |
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| what system was the immediate predecessor of UNIX? |
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| MULTICS developed by Bell Laboratories |
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| Where was Unix initially developed and by whom? |
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| Bell Labs, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and others |
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| What are the three main branches of UNIX development? |
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1. USG, USDL, USL
2. Bell Labs
3. BSD |
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| what was the commercial branch and was the academic branch? |
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| AT & T branch, BSD branch (Berkeley Software Distribution) |
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| characteristics of UNIX during its early development |
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| originally written in a low-level programming language called assembly, the operating system was re-coded in the early 1970 in a the high-level programming language, C. |
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| why is UNIX an open software system? |
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| the source code is freely distributed among the community of users-its evolution has been shaped to some extent by popular mindset |
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| who initially developed the LINUX system? |
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