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What does GNU stand for?

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GNU is an operating system composed of free software. This operating system also has an icon which is a gnu,wildebeest head.
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GNU definition from gnu.org:
The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU operating system.

after some research i came to know GNU acronym is "GNU's not Unix" here GNU stands for "Genuinely Not Unix" Operating System.

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Definitions of gnu on the Web:

large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
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GNU (, or in some countries ) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. Its name is a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!” This name was chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but differs from Unix by being free software and containing no Unix code. ...
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"The Gnu" (sometimes known as "I'm a Gnu" or "The Gnu Song") is a humorous song about a talking gnu by Flanders and Swann.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gnu
DotGNU is a part of the GNU Project that aims to provide a free software replacement for Microsoft's .NET Framework by Free Software Foundation. Other goals of the project are better support for non-Windows platforms and support for more processors.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gnu
A large antelope native to Africa having curved horns
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Name of the Free Software Foundation's project to develop a free UNIX-like operating system, including the legal framework, such as the source code and documentation licenses
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/GNU
GNU stands for "GNU's not Unix," and refers generally to software distributed under the GNU Public License (GPL).
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Lesser General Public License
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The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX style operating system which is free software: the GNU system. ...
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The current government of Sudan. The GNU is an alliance between the National Congress Party and the (former rebel) Sudan People's Liberation Movement, and is a power sharing measure, which was agreed upon during the 2005 peace talks that produced the CPA.
www.darfurdreamteam.org/content/sudan-glossary
GNU's not UNIX. A set of Open-Source freely provided utilities for UNIX.
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(GNU's not Unix): Pronounced "guh-noo," a free software project under which Linux and its apps are developed.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297512,00.html
A range of applications developed and distributed by the Free Software Foundation. GNU is widely used by UNIX programmers and the acronym GNU means "GNUs Not UNIX".
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The original free software operating system, founded by Richard Stallman, dedicated to a computer software environment that guarantees the freedoms to modify, study, redistribute, and use the software.
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GNU's Not Unix, an organization devoted to the creation and support of Open Source software. GIMP is an official GNU application.
web.mit.edu/annakot/MacData/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/gimp-1.2/share/gimp/1.2/help/C/glossary.html