GNU
See also: Gnu, gnu, gnú, and gnû
English
GNU project logo
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɡnuː/[2] or IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːˌɛnˈjuː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
- Homophone: gnu (one pronunciation)
Proper noun
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.
Related terms
- GNU FDL
- GPL
- GNU/Linux
References
- Richard Stallman (March 9th 2006), “The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom: The name "GNU"”, in Free Software Foundation Europe, archived from the original on 2015-03-16
- “How To Pronounce GNU”, in GNU Project, 2010
Further reading
GNU on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ngu, UNG, Ung, gun, nug
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡnuː]
- Rhymes: -nuː
- Homophone: gnú
Proper noun
GNU
- (computing) GNU
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |