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X-Window

Commonly abbreviated as X, X-window or XWindow is a graphics system that began development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1984 for Unix workstations. To get into X-Window from the command line type startx otherwise computers with X-Window system installed will automatically start or prompt the user with the availability when the computer first boots.
  • See our Unix page for additional information and help with X-Window and its commands.

Also see: BDF, GUI, Operating system definitions

 

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