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Look up: gnu

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

  2. 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

  3. GNU
    Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. 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 versi...
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/

  5. 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

  6. 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...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/39

  7. 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) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. gnu
    wildebeest noun large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/GNU

  12. 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

  13. Gnu
    The gnu (wildebeeste) is an antelope found in Africa. Both sexes 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.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Gnu
    GNU (GNU's Not Unix) is a project initiated during the early 1980s by Richard Stallman with the aim of providing 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.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. gnu
    Another name for wildebeest
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency



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