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Amoeba (operating system)

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Amoeba is a distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, built to make an entire network of computers appear to its users as a single machine. Development at the Vrije Universiteit ended with the source code of its final version, 5.3, last modified on 30 July 1996. The Python programming language was originally developed for the Amoeba platform. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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License
MIT 1
Status
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Discontinued 1
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Source Wikipedia: Amoeba (operating system)

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Source Wikipedia: Amoeba (operating system)

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1. Wikipedia: Amoeba (operating system)
  • Development status
    Development at the Vrije Universiteit was stopped: the source code of the latest version (5.3) was last modified on 30 July 1996.
  • Infobox, license
    MIT License
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    Amoeba is a distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • Invented By: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Lead sentence
    Amoeba is a distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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