Features of Unix

FEATURES OF UNIX:
The popularity of UNIX is due to the simplicity of its design and functioning. The salient features of the system are:
1. Multiuser capability
2. Time Sharing
3. Command interpreter
4. Portability
5. Multitasking and background processing
6. Hierarchical file system
7. Simple command structure
8. File security and protection
9. Communication
10. DOS-UNIX interface
11. System administration and job accounting
12. Tools and utilities
13. Shell and shell programming
14. Online documentation
15. Availability of 4GL and RDBMS
16. Library of application packages
17. Text processing
18. Graphics

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Features of Unix

FEATURES OF UNIX:
The popularity of UNIX is due to the simplicity of its design and functioning. The salient features of the system are:
1. Multiuser capability
2. Time Sharing
3. Command interpreter
4. Portability
5. Multitasking and background processing
6. Hierarchical file system
7. Simple command structure
8. File security and protection
9. Communication
10. DOS-UNIX interface
11. System administration and job accounting
12. Tools and utilities
13. Shell and shell programming
14. Online documentation
15. Availability of 4GL and RDBMS
16. Library of application packages
17. Text processing
18. Graphics