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defining feature of Unix, and its derivatives

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International Standard Book Number

Dennis M. Ritchie

Berkeley Software Distribution

application programming interface

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Brian Kernighan

Common Gateway Interface

computer terminal

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Information theory Unix file system technology

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command-line interface

Asynchronous I/O

Direct Rendering Manager

Unix philosophy

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