GNU Full Form Name
Full Form of GNU:
GNU’s Not Unix
GNU Full Form is GNU’s
Not Unix. GNU is a computer operating system which is similar
to Unix. It is pronounced as ‘guh-noo’. It was developed by Free Software
Foundation – GNU Project. The GNU project was started by Richard Stallman in
1984. GNU is free software which is totally compatible with Unix. Though it is
so much similar to Unix, it is different in being free software with no Unix
code. (That’s the reason it is named as GNU’s Not Unix). Linux systems heavily
rely on GNU software. Earlier, GNU used Linux Kernel. Hence, most often GNU was
confused with GNU. The concept of ‘free software system’ makes users take
control of their computing. In non-free software, the software developers have
all the copyrights. This free software gives the freedom to copy, run, study,
distribute, or even make improvements to the software.
GNU Full Form – Government of National Unity
Full Form of GNU is Government
of National Unity. GNU was basically an arrangement found in
the interim Constitution of South Arica. Between the period 1995 and 1997,
South Africa was under the governance of an Interim Constitution. Clause 88 of
the same mandated any party that holds 20 or more seats in National Assembly
could make a claim in one or more cabinet positions and become part of the
government. Such arrangement was the provision of GNU. In the year 1994, the
political party African National Congress attained the majority in the National
Assembly and was in a position to form its own government. The two main parties
who used the GNU provision were the Inkatha Freedom Party and the National
Party and they were able to secure cabinet portfolios for a few members.
The objective behind the GNU is
to provide correction of economic and social injustices caused by the Apartheid
practice that had plagued the nation devastatingly. It provided a direction
towards the formulation of a final Constitution. It was, however, necessary for
the GNU to be inclusive of the opinion and demands of the civilian South
Africans. For this purpose, the GNU conducted big media campaigns to motivate
people to become part of the constitution making process. On May 8, 1996, the
National Assembly adopted the final Constitution. In the year 1999, the need of
a GNU lapsed, even though the parties the Arzanian People’s Organization and
the Inkatha Freedom Party continued holding seats until the 2004 elections.