System V Release 4 (version 5.x)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:operating_system
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:AT&T_Bell_Laboratories
gptkbp:family gptkb:Unix
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label System V Release 4 (version 5.x)
gptkbp:kernelType Monolithic
gptkbp:license Proprietary
gptkbp:notableFor Merging features from BSD, Xenix, SunOS, and System V Release 3
Adoption of the ELF binary format
Adoption of the KornShell (ksh)
Introduction of the /proc filesystem
Introduction of the STREAMS mechanism
Introduction of the SVR4 packaging system
Introduction of the dynamic linker (ld.so)
Introduction of the pkgadd packaging tool
Introduction of the virtual file system (VFS)
Support for NFS (Network File System)
Support for POSIX standards
Support for TCP/IP networking
Support for shared libraries
Basis for many commercial Unix variants, including Solaris and UnixWare
Adoption of the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) in later versions
Introduction of the Internationalization (i18n) framework
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Motorola_68000
gptkb:SPARC
gptkb:MIPS
x86
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:System_V_Release_3
gptkbp:releaseDate 1988
gptkbp:successor gptkb:UnixWare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SunOS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6