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Computer operating system
IRIX is a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) to run on the company's proprietary MIPS workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. The XFS file system and the now industry-standard OpenGL graphics API were originally developed by SGI for IRIX. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: IRIXA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Black IrixThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Information retrieval in context - IRiXCited 11 times
- Go sideways: Silicon GraphicsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: SGI IRISA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
The Black IrixTerry Brooks · 2013- 📕IRIX programmer's reference manual · 1990
- 📕IRIX programmer's reference manual · 1990
- 📕IRIX programmer's reference manual · 1990
- 📕Maya · 2000
Unix administration Jean-François Bouchaudy, Gilles Goubet · 2002
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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