Solaris

n. operating system in a UNIX environment produced by Sun Microsystems that includes several graphic interfaces and windows systems (used primarily on servers)

Solaris may refer to: In technology:Solaris (operating system) from Sun MicrosystemsThe OpenSolaris open source projectSolarisation, a film effectIn literature:Solaris (novel), a science fiction novel by Stanisław LemSolaris (1972 film), inspired by the book, directed by Andrei TarkovskySolaris (2002 film), inspired by the book, directed by Steven SoderberghSolaris (DC comics), a supervillain in the DC UniverseSolaris, a ship built by the Empire of Mu in The Mysterious Cities of GoldSolaris (magazine), a science-fiction magazine from Quebec, Canada
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<operating system> Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s version of the Unix operating system. As well as the core operating system, Solaris inludes networking software, the Java Virtual Machine, the CDE/Desktop that includes an X11-based windowing environment and graphical user interface.
Sun claim that Solaris is not just an operating system but an "operating environment".
Solaris 1.x was a retroactive (marketing?) name for SunOS=1).
Solaris 2.x (which is the first version most people call "Solaris") includes SunOS5.x, which is an SVR4-derived Unix, OpenWindows 3.x, and tooltalk.
Version 2.7 ("Solaris 7") was around in 1999-03-02. Version 2.8 was released in June 2000. Current version: 9, as of 2002-07-15.
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