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FreeBSD

Summary

FreeBSD is a BSD[1]. FreeBSD draws 3,688 Wikipedia views per month (bsd category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • FreeBSD's instance of is recorded as BSD[3].
  • FreeBSD's instance of is recorded as free operating system[4].
  • FreeBSD's based on is recorded as Berkeley Software Distribution[5].
  • FreeBSD's based on is recorded as 386BSD[6].
  • FreeBSD's copyright license is recorded as 4-clause BSD License[7].
  • FreeBSD's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[8].
  • FreeBSD's copyright license is recorded as ISC license[9].
  • FreeBSD's copyright license is recorded as 2-clause BSD License[10].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 8.4[11].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 9.3[12].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 10.0[13].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 10.1[14].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 9.1[15].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 9.2[16].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 9.3[17].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 10.2[18].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[19].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[20].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.8[21].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.9[22].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 10.3[23].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 11.0[24].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 11.2[25].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 12.0[26].
  • FreeBSD's software version identifier is recorded as 11.3[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include BSD[3] and free operating system[4].

Origins

November 1, 1993 marks the founding of FreeBSD[28].

Why It Matters

FreeBSD draws 3,688 Wikipedia views per month (bsd category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] FreeBSD has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] FreeBSD is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FreeBSD has been cited as an influence by macOS[31], a proprietary operating system[32], founded in 2001[33]; Darwin[34], an Unix-like operating system[35]; and XNU[36], a kernel[37].

FAQs

Who did FreeBSD influence?

FreeBSD has been cited as an influence by macOS[31], Darwin[34], and XNU[36].

Related Entities

386BSD Apache Traffic Server Banana Pi Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing Berkeley packet filter Bespoke Synth Blender BSD bsdutils Cardinal Chatterino Climate Data Operators Crystal Darwin DEC Alpha DesktopBSD Dolphin DragonFly BSD EncFS FluidSynth Folding@home FreeBASIC free operating system FreeSBIE FuryBSD Gentoo/FreeBSD GHDL GhostBSD GLFW GNU Gatekeeper

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . freebsd.org. freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. Retrieved . lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. Retrieved . lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. Retrieved . lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . freebsd.org. freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. Retrieved . lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . lists.freebsd.org. Retrieved . lists.freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . freebsd.org. freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . freebsd.org. Retrieved . freebsd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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