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The Library in Academic Computing: UNIX Revisited

David Brandt

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Presents an in‐depth view of some aspects of UNIX, especially those relating to communicating on the Internet. Details some of UNIX′s history, from its invention onwards and illustrates three scenarios whereby librarians may encounter UNIX.

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Presents an in‐depth view of some aspects of UNIX, especially those relating to communicating on the Internet. Details some of UNIX′s history, from its invention onwards and illustrates three scenarios whereby librarians may encounter UNIX.

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Presents an in‐depth view of some aspects of UNIX, especially those relating to communicating on the Internet. Details some of UNIX′s history, from its invention onwards and illustrates three scenarios whereby librarians may encounter UNIX.

Key concepts: Unix, Unix architecture, Unix filesystem, Computer science, The Internet, Operating system, World Wide Web, Environment variable

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