Crossword-Solution: GNU
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | n. | One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| GNU | anagram | GUN, NGU, NUG, UNG |
We have 428 clues for the answer “GNU”
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "GNU"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Length times width e.g.
?
A
?
R
?
E
?
A
Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
EAAR
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
29 +1
New Suggestion for "GNU"
Related word tools
Sentences with GNU (5)
They include alt.test gnu.gnusenet.test misc.test some of which will generate auto-magic replies to your posts to let you know they made it through.
Specifically, they are putting together a complete, integrated software system called "GNU" that is upward-compatible with Unix.
The name GNU is itself recursive (the mainstay of the LISP language); it stands for "Gnu's Not Unix."} When it is released, everyone will be permitted to copy it and distribute it to others.
Perhaps the most widely used version, also written by Stallman and now called "{GNU} EMACS" or {GNUMACS}, runs principally under UNIX.
Pejorative name for some versions of the {GNU} project {copyleft} or General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or {app}s incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same counter-commercial terms as GNU stuff.
Quotes with GNU (3)
We may see a Creature with forty-nine heads Who lives in the desolate snow, And whenever he catches a cold (which he dreads) He has forty-nine noses to blow.'We may see the venomous Pink-Spotted Scrunch Who can chew up a man with one bite. It likes to eat five of them roasted for lunch And eighteen for its supper at night.'We may see a Dragon, and nobody knows That we won't see a Unicorn there. We may see a terrible Monster with toes Growing out of the tufts of his hair.'We m…
When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system instead but you have freedom, then it's a success. It's not popularity for our code but it's success for our goal.
In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 612 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).