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HP-UX

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HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. It is based on Unix System V and was first released in 1984; its final versions supported HPE Integrity Servers based on Intel's Itanium architecture.

Facts
Year
1984 2
Significance
First Unix to offer access-control lists for file access permissions 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 2
Connections

In Field

Source Wikipedia: HP-UX

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Entity-backed identity for the license enum value this item already carries, resolved to a software license concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The license fact itself stays on the item unchanged.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: HP-UX
  • Lead section
    HP-UX was the first Unix to offer access-control lists for file access permissions as an alternative to the standard Unix permissions system.
  • entity record, description (license)
    HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
  • entity record, description (status)
    HP-UX is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is a discontinued proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, now out of standard support (Mature Support on HPE Integrity without Sustaining Engineering through at least
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2. Wikidata: HP-UX
  • Wikidata Q847593, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q847593 P275 (license)
  • Wikidata Q847593 P577 (publication/release date) claim -> 1984; checked 2026-09-28
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