NetBSD
E127657
NetBSD is a free, open-source, Unix-like operating system known for its portability and clean design, supporting a wide range of hardware platforms.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NetBSD canonical | 39 |
| NetBSD Project | 2 |
| BSD | 1 |
| NetBSD 2.0 (as a stable, widely used option) | 1 |
| NetBSD kernel | 1 |
| NetBSD operating system | 1 |
| NetBSD ports | 1 |
| NetBSD project | 1 |
| NetBSD/amd64 | 1 |
| NetBSD/powerpc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1096687 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: NetBSD Context triple: [SCTP, implementedIn, NetBSD]
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A.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
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B.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system known for its reliability, advanced networking features, and use in servers, storage, and embedded systems.
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C.
NetBSD/mac68k
NetBSD/mac68k is a port of the NetBSD operating system designed to run on Apple Macintosh computers based on Motorola 680x0 (68k) processors.
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D.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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E.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: NetBSD Target entity description: NetBSD is a free, open-source, Unix-like operating system known for its portability and clean design, supporting a wide range of hardware platforms.
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A.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
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B.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system known for its reliability, advanced networking features, and use in servers, storage, and embedded systems.
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C.
NetBSD/mac68k
NetBSD/mac68k is a port of the NetBSD operating system designed to run on Apple Macintosh computers based on Motorola 680x0 (68k) processors.
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D.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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E.
Solaris operating system
Solaris operating system is a Unix-based enterprise operating system known for its scalability, robustness, and advanced features such as ZFS, DTrace, and strong support for SPARC and x86 architectures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix-like operating system
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
BSD
ⓘ
surface form:
386BSD
BSD ⓘ
surface form:
4.4BSD-Lite
|
| bootLoader | boot(8) ⓘ |
| defaultShell | sh ⓘ |
| designGoal |
clean design
ⓘ
correctness ⓘ portability ⓘ security ⓘ standards compliance ⓘ |
| developer | The NetBSD Foundation ⓘ |
| family |
BSD
ⓘ
Unix ⓘ |
| governedBy |
The NetBSD Foundation
ⓘ
surface form:
The NetBSD Foundation board of directors
|
| hasComponent |
NetBSD
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NetBSD kernel
pkgsrc packages collection ⓘ userland utilities ⓘ |
| hasDerivative |
Bitrig (historical influence)
ⓘ
OpenBSD ⓘ
surface form:
MirBSD
|
| includes |
OpenSSH
ⓘ
OpenSSL ⓘ X.Org (optional) ⓘ |
| influenced | pkgsrc on other operating systems ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1993-03-21 ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license | BSD license ⓘ |
| motto | Of course it runs NetBSD ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
clean and well-documented codebase
ⓘ
consistent build system (build.sh) ⓘ cross-compilation framework ⓘ high portability across many architectures ⓘ strong networking stack ⓘ support for legacy hardware ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| packageManagement | pkgsrc ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| supports |
32-bit architectures
ⓘ
64-bit architectures ⓘ ARM architecture ⓘ Alpha architecture ⓘ MIPS ⓘ
surface form:
MIPS architecture
PowerPC ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC architecture
RISC-V ⓘ
surface form:
RISC-V architecture
SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
surface form:
SPARC architecture
VAX ⓘ
surface form:
VAX architecture
desktop computers ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ m68k architecture ⓘ many hardware platforms ⓘ servers ⓘ single-board computers ⓘ x86 architecture ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
FFS
ⓘ
FFSv2 ⓘ ISO 9660 ⓘ LFS ⓘ FAT16 ⓘ
surface form:
MS-DOS FAT
NFS ⓘ NTFS ⓘ
surface form:
NTFS (read-only in base, extended via packages)
UDF ⓘ ext2 ⓘ tmpfs ⓘ |
| supportsSecurityFeature |
ASLR
ⓘ
W^X ⓘ kernel authorization framework (kauth) ⓘ verified boot ⓘ
surface form:
veriexec
|
| supportsStandard |
POSIX
ⓘ
Single UNIX Specification ⓘ
surface form:
Single UNIX Specification (partially)
|
| supportStatus | actively maintained ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualization |
NVMM (NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor)
ⓘ
Xen ⓘ chroot ⓘ rump kernels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education
ⓘ
embedded products ⓘ network appliances ⓘ research ⓘ |
| website | https://www.netbsd.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: NetBSD Description of subject: NetBSD is a free, open-source, Unix-like operating system known for its portability and clean design, supporting a wide range of hardware platforms.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.