Berkeley Software Distribution

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Berkeley Software Distribution is a derivative of Unix that was created by and is distributed by the University of California, Berkeley, whose first official release was in 1977[1]. Other derivatives of the original BSD Unix such as FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD are also collectively known as "the BSDs."

  1. "Origins and History of Unix, 1969-1995" (retreived 07-April-2007).