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Hurd

general-purpose kernel suitable for the GNU operating system
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Hurd

Summary

Hurd is a microkernel[1]. Hurd draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (microkernel category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hurd's image is recorded as Debian GNU HURD text mode screenshot.png[3].
  • Hurd's instance of is recorded as microkernel[4].
  • Hurd's instance of is recorded as kernel[5].
  • Hurd's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • Hurd's instance of is recorded as free software[7].
  • Hurd's movement is recorded as free software movement[8].
  • herd is named after Hurd[9].
  • Hurd's logo image is recorded as Hurd-logo.svg[10].
  • Hurd's developer is recorded as GNU Project[11].
  • Hurd's developer is recorded as Thomas Bushnell[12].
  • Hurd's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[13].
  • Hurd's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[14].
  • Hurd's programmed in is recorded as assembly language[15].
  • Hurd's subclass of is recorded as Unix-like operating system[16].
  • Hurd's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6[17].
  • Hurd's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7[18].
  • Hurd's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8[19].
  • Hurd's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9[20].
  • Hurd's Commons category is recorded as GNU Hurd[21].
  • Hurd's platform is recorded as IA-32[22].
  • Hurd's has part is recorded as GNU Mach[23].
  • Hurd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03g7l[24].
  • Hurd's official website is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/[25].
  • Hurd's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GNU Hurd[26].
  • Hurd's Commons gallery is recorded as GNU Hurd[27].

Why It Matters

Hurd draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (microkernel category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Hurd has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hurd is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Arch Hurd assembly language Debian GNU/Hurd free software GlusterFS GNU GNU Guix System GNU/Hurd GNU Project Thomas Bushnell Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gnu.org. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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