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Inferno

distributed operating system based on ideas and technology from Plan 9
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Inferno

Summary

Inferno is a distributed operating system[1]. Inferno draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_operating_system category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inferno's image is recorded as Inferno 4th Edition.png[3].
  • Inferno's instance of is recorded as distributed operating system[4].
  • Inferno is named after Inferno[5].
  • Inferno's based on is recorded as Plan 9[6].
  • Inferno's follows is recorded as Plan 9[7].
  • Inferno's developer is recorded as Bell Labs[8].
  • Inferno's developer is recorded as Vita Nuova Holdings[9].
  • Inferno's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[10].
  • Inferno's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License[11].
  • Inferno's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[12].
  • Inferno's programmed in is recorded as Limbo[13].
  • Inferno's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[14].
  • Inferno's software version identifier is recorded as Fourth Edition[15].
  • Inferno's Commons category is recorded as Inferno (operating system)[16].
  • Inferno's platform is recorded as ARM architecture[17].
  • Inferno's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02jqsq[18].
  • Inferno's official website is recorded as https://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/[19].
  • Inferno's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inferno (operating system)[20].
  • Inferno's source code repository URL is recorded as https://bitbucket.org/inferno-os/workspace/repositories[21].
  • Inferno's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/inferno-os[22].
  • Inferno's different from is recorded as Inferno[23].
  • Inferno's X is recorded as os_inferno[24].
  • Inferno's GitHub account is recorded as inferno-os[25].
  • Inferno's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03292718n[26].
  • Inferno's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[27].

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Adaptations and Inspiration

Inferno's follows is recorded as Plan 9[7].

Why It Matters

Inferno draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (distributed_operating_system category, ranking #4 of 6).[2] Inferno has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Inferno is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Bell Labs distributed operating system Inferno Limbo Neo FreeRunner Plan 9

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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