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Etymology
[edit]Coined by Richard Stallman in 1983 as a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix”, following convention of naming programs similar to or inspired by existing programs as “(New Name) Is Not (Old Name)”; compare Xinu.
Specifically influenced by lack of English words of form ?nu (“?NU is Not Unix”), that gnu is the alphabetically first (and in fact only) English word of the form ?nu (“?’s Not Unix”), that gnu was perceived as a humorous word, and the existence of the song The Gnu.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡnuː/[2], /ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: gnu (one pronunciation)
Proper noun
[edit]GNU
- The Free Software Foundation's project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Richard Stallman (2006 March 9) “The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom: The name "GNU"”, in Free Software Foundation Europe[1], archived from the original on 2015-03-16
- ^ “How To Pronounce GNU”, in GNU Project, 2010
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]GNU
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | GNU | — |
accusative | GNU-t | — |
dative | GNU-nak | — |
instrumental | GNU-val | — |
causal-final | GNU-ért | — |
translative | GNU-vá | — |
terminative | GNU-ig | — |
essive-formal | GNU-ként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | GNU-ban | — |
superessive | GNU-n | — |
adessive | GNU-nál | — |
illative | GNU-ba | — |
sublative | GNU-ra | — |
allative | GNU-hoz | — |
elative | GNU-ból | — |
delative | GNU-ról | — |
ablative | GNU-tól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
GNU-é | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
GNU-éi | — |
Possessive forms of GNU | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | GNU-m | — |
2nd person sing. | GNU-d | — |
3rd person sing. | GNU-ja | — |
1st person plural | GNU-nk | — |
2nd person plural | GNU-tok | — |
3rd person plural | GNU-juk | — |
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- English terms coined by Richard Stallman
- English coinages
- English 1-syllable words
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- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
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- en:Unix
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/nuː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/nuː/1 syllable
- Hungarian terms with homophones
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- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Computing