Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
Term:
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
Definition: Implementation of the UNIX operating system and its utilities developed and distributed by the University of California at Berkeley. 'BSD' is usually preceded by the version number of the distribution, e.g., '4.3 BSD' is version 4.3 of the Berkeley UNIX distribution. Many Internet hosts run BSD software, and it is the ancestor of many commercial UNIX implementations. [Source: NNSC] |