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

  HURD
       HIRD of Unix-Replacing DAEMONs (GNU, HIRD)
       
       

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



  Hurd
       
          The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole {GNU} system.  It
          is built on top of the {Mach} 3.0 {kernel}, a free
          {message-passing} kernel developed by {CMU}.  Mach's {virtual
          memory} management and message-passing facilities are
          extensively used by the Hurd.  The GNU C Library will provide
          the {Unix} {system call} interface, and will call the Hurd for
          needed services it can't provide itself.
       
          One goal of the Hurd is to establish a framework for shared
          development and maintenance.  The Hurd is like GNU {Emacs} in
          that it will allow a broad range of users to create and share
          useful projects without knowing much about the internal
          workings of the system -- projects that might never have been
          attempted without freely available source, a well-designed
          interface, and a multi-server-based design.
       
          Currently there are free ports of the {Mach} {kernel} to the
          {Intel 80386} {IBM PC}, the {DEC} {PMAX} {workstation}, the
          {Luna} {88k} and several other machines, with more in
          progress, including the {Amiga} and {DEC} {Alpha}-3000
          machines.  Contact , if you want to help with
          one of these or start your own.  Porting the GNU Hurd and GNU
          C Library is easy (easier than porting GNU Emacs, certainly
          easier than porting GCC) once a {Mach} port to a particular
          {platform} exists.
       
          [June 1994 GNU's Bulletin].
       
          (1994-12-07)
       
       

















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