Discuss the UNIX operating system and provide some perspective on whether it should be considered as a key development in technology. What were some of the key operating system features introduced by the UNIX operating system (predecessor to Linux)? Be sure and include the following information:

Who were the chief designers of UNIX at Bell Labs?

What role did UC Berkeley play in developing UNIX?

When was it first introduced?

How did it handle the following items as covered in the Operating Systems Overview module:

Multitasking

Scheduling

Virtual memory

What popular products of today use operating systems derived from UNIX?

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UNIX is a family of multitasking multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original ATT Unix whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson Dennis R... View the full answer