Information technology in the Netherlands

general-purpose programming language

digital optical disc data storage format

DVD (digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD players), software and other computer files. DVDs offer significantly higher storage capacity than compact discs (CD) while having the same dimensions. A standard single-layer DVD can store up to 4.7 GB of data, a dual-layer DVD up to 8.5 GB. Dual-layer, double-sided DVDs can store up to a maximum o

text editor, improved version of Vi

American-Dutch computer scientist

MINIX is a Unix-like operating system based on a microkernel architecture, first released in 1987 and written by American-Dutch computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum. It was designed as a clone of the Unix operating system and one that could run on affordable, Intel 8086-based home computers; MINIX was targeted for use in classrooms by computer science students at universities.

optical home video format

CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can only be written once and read arbitrarily many times.

node js

distributed operation system for timesharing on a network, developed at the 'Vrije' University in Amsterdam

digital media storage format

DC-free run-length limited line code used by several optical disc formats

Unix-like operating system

Operating system

one of the first portable compilation systems designed to support multiple source languages and target platforms