ITN 171: Chapter 1 Review || 100% VERIFIED.
The ________ interacts with the hardware and the _________ interacts with the user correct
answers operating system, Shell
A program is synonymous with a process. True or false? correct answers False
Every character has a number associated with it. What is it called? correct answers the ASCII
value
If you see a prompt like mailhost login:, what do you think mailhost represents? correct
answers The machine name
If the system echoes Login incorrect, does it mean that your user-id is incorrect? correct
answers Not necessarily, the password could be incorrect
Name the command you used in this chapter to display filenames. correct answers ls
Name the command you used in this chapter to display processes correct answers ps
Name the command you used in this chapter to display users. correct answers who
Who are the principal architects of the UNIX operating system? correct answers Ken
Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
Why did AT&T virtually give away UNIX to the world? correct answers Because it was
prevented byt the US government from selling computer software
Where did BSD UNIX originate? Name some features of UNIX that were first found in BSD
UNIX correct answers From the University of California, Berkeley.
vi editor, C shell, symbolic links, and TCP/IP
Which flavor of UNIX is available for free and runs on the PC? correct answers Linux
Identify the companies associated with Solaris UNIX. correct answers Sun
Identify the companies associated with AIX UNIX correct answers IBM
Identify the companies associated with Tru64 UNIX correct answers HP (Digital)
What does X/OPEN represent? Who owns the UNIX trademark today? correct answers a
standards body now merged with The Open Group which owns the UNIX trademark
Who are the two brains behind Linux? correct answers Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds
What is the distinctive characteristic about the GNU General Public License? correct answers
Software developers distributing products under this license must make the source code
public.
The ________ interacts with the hardware and the _________ interacts with the user correct
answers operating system, Shell
A program is synonymous with a process. True or false? correct answers False
Every character has a number associated with it. What is it called? correct answers the ASCII
value
If you see a prompt like mailhost login:, what do you think mailhost represents? correct
answers The machine name
If the system echoes Login incorrect, does it mean that your user-id is incorrect? correct
answers Not necessarily, the password could be incorrect
Name the command you used in this chapter to display filenames. correct answers ls
Name the command you used in this chapter to display processes correct answers ps
Name the command you used in this chapter to display users. correct answers who
Who are the principal architects of the UNIX operating system? correct answers Ken
Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
Why did AT&T virtually give away UNIX to the world? correct answers Because it was
prevented byt the US government from selling computer software
Where did BSD UNIX originate? Name some features of UNIX that were first found in BSD
UNIX correct answers From the University of California, Berkeley.
vi editor, C shell, symbolic links, and TCP/IP
Which flavor of UNIX is available for free and runs on the PC? correct answers Linux
Identify the companies associated with Solaris UNIX. correct answers Sun
Identify the companies associated with AIX UNIX correct answers IBM
Identify the companies associated with Tru64 UNIX correct answers HP (Digital)
What does X/OPEN represent? Who owns the UNIX trademark today? correct answers a
standards body now merged with The Open Group which owns the UNIX trademark
Who are the two brains behind Linux? correct answers Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds
What is the distinctive characteristic about the GNU General Public License? correct answers
Software developers distributing products under this license must make the source code
public.
