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Look up: GNU

  1. GNU
    GNU (GNU's Not Unix) is a free replacement for the Berkeley UNIX computer operating system. GNU is designed to be freely copyable, and users are encouraged to improve it and submit their changes to the GNU library.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Gnu
    The gnu (wildebeeste) is an antelope found in Africa. Both sexes have have horns projecting slightly outwards and downwards, then forming an abrupt upward bend. They have bristly black hair about the face and muzzle, a white stiff mane, and horse-like tail. They reach a length of about 270cm and a height at the shoulder of about 120cm.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. GNU
    GNU is an abbreviation for GNU's Not Unix
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. GNU
    Free Software Foundation project, GNU's not Unix, details ...
    Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/g/index.

  5. gnu
    [n] - large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. GNU
    Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  7. GNU
    a recursive acronym, standing for 'GNU's not Unix' - it is the name of a project begun by Richard Stallman's Free Software Foundation to write a freeware Unix system to replace the (then) commercial Unixes - they didn't actually succeed, per se, but did produce a wide variety of tools and free versions of common Unix utilities which have subsequent...
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/

  8. GNU
    (body, project) /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 wor...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  9. GNU
    GNU is Not Unix. This recursive title is a reference to a Unix-like operating system, which spawned the open source movement. At this point in time it exists in a parallel universe to Linux, but they are converging.
    Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary

  10. Gnu
    Gnu noun [ Hottentot gnu , or nju : confer French gnou .] (Zoology) 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 .] » The common gnu or wildebeest ( Catoblephas gnu ) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/39

  11. gnu
    <zoology> 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. ... Alternative forms: gnoo. ... 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 n ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. gnu
    wildebeest noun large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. GNU
    `GNU` (pronounced ) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. Its name is a recursive acronym for `GNU's Not Unix`; it was chosen because its design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and by not containing any Unix code. GNU was founded by Richard Stallman and was the original focus of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The project to develop GNU is known as the `GNU Project`, and programs releas...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU

  14. Gnu
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. gnu
    either of two African antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla).[3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/41

  16. gnu
    gnu (nOO) or wildebeest (wil'dubēst") , large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. Its heavy head and humped shoulders resemble those of a buffalo, while the compact hindquarters are like those of a horse. The gnu has a beard, a short, erect mane, and a long, flowing tail. Members of ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08210


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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