What (who) is BSD Unix - definition
![4.3 BSD from the [[University of Wisconsin]]. Displaying the [[man page]] for [[Franz Lisp]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/4.3 BSD UWisc VAX Emulation Lisp Manual.png?width=200 "4.3 BSD from the [[University of Wisconsin]]. Displaying the [[man page]] for [[Franz Lisp]].")
!["4.3 BSD UNIX" from the [[University of Wisconsin]] circa 1987. System startup and login.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/4.3 BSD UWisc VAX Emulation Login.png?width=200 "\"4.3 BSD UNIX\" from the [[University of Wisconsin]] circa 1987. System startup and login.")
![Tape for [[SunOS]] 4.1.1, a 4.3BSD derivative](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SunOS 4.1.1 P1270750.jpg?width=200 "Tape for [[SunOS]] 4.1.1, a 4.3BSD derivative")
![Simplified evolution of [[Unix]] systems. Not shown are [[Junos]], [[PlayStation 3 system software]] and other proprietary forks.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unix history-simple.svg?width=200 "Simplified evolution of [[Unix]] systems. Not shown are [[Junos]], [[PlayStation 3 system software]] and other proprietary forks.")
![VAX-11/780]], a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VAX 11-780 intero.jpg?width=200 "VAX-11/780]], a typical minicomputer used for early BSD timesharing systems")
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The BSD Daemon, nicknamed Beastie, is the generic mascot of BSD operating systems. The BSD Daemon is named after software daemons, a class of long-running computer programs in Unix-like operating systems—which, through a play on words, takes the cartoon shape of a demon. The BSD Daemon's nickname Beastie is a slurred phonetic pronunciation of BSD. Beastie customarily carries a trident to symbolize a software daemon's forking of processes. The FreeBSD web site has noted Evi Nemeth's 1988 remarks about cultural-historical daemons in the Unix System Administration Handbook: "The ancient Greeks' concept of a 'personal daemon' was similar to the modern concept of a 'guardian angel' ... As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons."
