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A network operating system (NOS) is a computer operating system that is designed for network use. … In particular, UNIX was designed from the beginning to support networking, and all of its descendants (i.e., Unix-like operating systems) including Linux and Mac OSX, feature built-in networking support.
What type of OS is UNIX?
Unix
| Evolution of Unix and Unix-like systems | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna at Bell Labs |
| Written in | C and assembly language |
| OS family | Unix |
| Source model | Historically proprietary software, while some Unix projects (including BSD family and illumos) are open-source |
Is Linux a network operating system?
Linux has long been the basis of commercial networking devices, but now it’s a mainstay of enterprise infrastructure. Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.
