xv6 is a modern reimplementation of Sixth Edition Unix written in ANSI C for multiprocessor x86 and RISC-V systems. It was created for educational purposes for the Operating System Engineering course at MIT in 2006. 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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1. Wikipedia: Xv6
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RISC-V: 2026-09-10 / September 10, 2026; 14 days ago
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It was created for educational purposes in MIT's Operating System Engineering course in 2006.
Built On: Research Unix, Lead section
a modern reimplementation of Sixth Edition Unix in ANSI C for multiprocessor x86 and RISC-V systems.
In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
xv6 is a modern reimplementation of Sixth Edition Unix in ANSI C for multiprocessor x86 and RISC-V systems.
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