2 definitions found 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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