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Gnu : (noun)
1: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox
and a long tufted tail [syn: wildebeest]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Gnu : \Gnu\, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of two species of large South African antelopes of the
genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved
horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.]
Note: The common gnu or wildebeest ({Catoblephas gnu) is
plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest ({C.
gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on
the neck and shoulders.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Gnu :
/g*noo/ 1. A recursive acronym:
"GNU's Not Unix!". The Free Software Foundation's project
to provide a freely distributable replacement for Unix. The
GNU Manifesto was published in the March 1985 issue of
Dr. Dobb's Journal but the GNU project started a year and a
half earlier when Richard Stallman was trying to get funding
to work on his freely distributable editor, Emacs.
Emacs and the GNU C compiler, gcc, two tools designed
for this project, have become very popular. GNU software is
available from many GNU archive sites.
See also Hurd.
2. John Gilmore.
[{Jargon File]
(1997-04-12)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Gnu : GNU's Not Unix (rekursiv!, Unix, GNU, OS)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Gnu : /gnoo/, _not_ /noo/ 1. [acronym: `GNU's Not Unix!', see {recursive
acronym}] A Unix-workalike development effort of the Free Software
Foundation headed by Richard Stallman <>. GNU EMACS and the
GNU C compiler, two tools designed for this project, have become very
popular in hackerdom and elsewhere. The GNU project was designed partly
to proselytize for RMS's position that information is community property
and all software source should be shared. One of its slogans is "Help
stamp out software hoarding!" Though this remains controversial (because
it implicitly denies any right of designers to own, assign, and sell the
results of their labors), many hackers who disagree with RMS have
nevertheless cooperated to produce large amounts of high-quality
software for free redistribution under the Free Software Foundation's
imprimatur. The GNU project has a web page at `http://www.gnu.org'. See
EMACS, copyleft, General Public Virus, Linux. 2. Noted Unix
hacker John Gilmore <>, founder of Usenet's anarchic alt.*
hierarchy.
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Gnu |
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