Technical Overview

© Digital Equipment Corporation 1996
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Product Version:  Digital UNIX Version 4.0 or higher

March 1996


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This document describes the functionality in Digital UNIX Version 4.0 or higher. Digital UNIX was formerly called DEC OSF/1.


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