Unix by Nick Gomez, Chris Rees, Brian Hernandez, Hector Rodriguez

UNIX

By

Nick Gomez, Chris Rees, Brian Hernandez, Hector Rodriguez,

Chris Sosa, and Joshua Burbridge

What Is UNIX?

• An operating system originally created in 1969
• Provided many ground-breaking features
• Completely self supporting
• Originally designed in assembly code
• Rewritten in C in 1973
• The foundation of modern day Linux and BSD operating systems

Why UNIX?

UNIX incorporated many special features that were either new or uncommon to operating systems of the time. UNIX revolutionized operating system design, and many of it’s principles are used in modern operating systems, such as Windows, OS X, and Linux.