42bsd

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 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 {4.2}, and {{Unix}}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  BSD
       
          {Berkeley Software Distribution}