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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  NEXTSTEP 
 
    The  original  {multitasking}  {operating 
  system}  that  {NeXT,  Inc.}  developed  to  run  on  its  proprietary 
  {NeXT}  computers  (informally  known  as  "black  boxes"). 
  NEXTSTEP  includes  a  specific  {graphical  user  interface},  an 
  interface  builder,  {object-oriented}  application  builder  and 
  several  kits"  of  prebuilt  software  {objects}  such  as  the 
  Indexing  Kit  for  databases.  This  software  runs  on  top  of 
  NeXT's  version  of  the  {Mach}  operating  system  on  {NeXT}, 
  {486},  {Pentium},  {HP-PA}  and  {Sun}  {SPARC}  computers. 
 
  The  official  spelling  changed  from  NeXTstep"  to  NeXTStep"  to 
  "NeXTSTEP",  and  finally  "NEXTSTEP". 
 
  The  last  release  of  NEXTSTEP  was  3.3,  which  NeXT  then 
  developed  into  "{OpenStep}". 
 
  {(http://turnpike.net/metro/bagingry/index.html)} 
 
  See  also:  {GNUStep}. 
 
  (1999-11-25)