select is a system call and application programming interface (API) in Unix-like and POSIX-compliant operating systems for examining the status of file...

equipment manufacturer Select (aperitif), an Italian aperitif Select (SQL), a keyword in SQL select (Unix), a system call (in sys/select.h or unistd.h) for...

applications List of Unix daemons List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems Unix philosophy util-linux The Wikibook Guide to UNIX has a page...

Current Unix time 1724632835 (purge page cache to update) 2024-08-26T00:40:35+00:00 Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing...

input/output events from a single event loop, with system calls like poll and select (Unix). Multiple variable bit rate digital bit streams may be transferred efficiently...

(PC architecture) Integer (computer science) kqueue Pull technology select (Unix) Signal (IPC) "Multi-Drop Polling". RAD Data Communications/Pulse Supply...

Research Unix are early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in the Bell...

When a text file with a shebang is used as if it were an executable in a Unix-like operating system, the program loader mechanism parses the rest of the...

Single UNIX Specification (SUS) is a standard for computer operating systems, compliance with which is required to qualify for using the "UNIX" trademark...

UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between...

facility, and sshd is a daemon that serves incoming SSH connections. In a Unix environment, the parent process of a daemon is often, but not always, the...

for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. Stallman chose...

files, known as shell scripts, facilitating automation. In keeping with Unix shell conventions, Bash incorporates a rich set of features. The keywords...

computer files and directories in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is specified by POSIX and the Single UNIX Specification. It is available in...

In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself...

of the Unix operating system for low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix". A working...

Unix-like operating systems identify a user by a value called a user identifier, often abbreviated to user ID or UID. The UID, along with the group identifier...

Apple's first official Unix-based operating system, launched in 1988 and discontinued in 1995 with version 3.1.1. A/UX requires select 68k-based Macintosh...

In most Unix and Unix-like operating systems, the ps (process status) program displays the currently-running processes. The related Unix utility top provides...

processing methods". nginx.org. poll – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group man-pages for poll(2) in FreeBSD...

On UNIX implementations derived from AT&T UNIX, cp, ln and mv are implemented as a single program with hard-linked binaries. The behavior is selected from...

In Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or...

Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands comm: select or reject lines common to two files – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification...

CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer...

wc (short for word count) is a command in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems. The program reads either standard input or a list of...

terminals in a standby condition. Its most common use today is to cause a Unix terminal driver to signal end of file and thus exit programs that are awaiting...

run on OS/2, Windows and selected UNIX workstations; the z/OS version of ISPF only includes WSA for Windows and selected UNIX workstations. WSA communicates...

software designed to be portable on CP/M home computers, and even lots of Unix software as it was easier to use than the termcap libraries, such as the...

Interface) WWW Programming (UNIX and Windows) CHUI (CHaracter User Interface) (UNIX and Windows) JSON and XML appserver programming (UNIX and Windows) as well...

that the write operation succeeded. This device is called /dev/null on Unix and Unix-like systems, NUL: (see TOPS-20) or NUL on CP/M and DOS (internally...