GNU
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
GNU is a Unix-like operating system that comes with source code that can be copied, modified, and redistributed. The GNU project was started in 1983 by Richard Stallman and others, who formed the Free Software Foundation.
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large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
Classifications
Entity Type
System85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- wildebeest
- alternatephrasing
- Gnu
- plural
- GNUS
- possessive
- GNU'S
- pluralpossessive
- GNUS'