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Sprite (operating system)
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<p>Sprite is an experimental <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> <a href="/facts/Distributed_operating_system/Vm9Eu6Q4">distributed operating system</a> developed at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> by <a href="/facts/John_Ousterhout/VEgPbRVQ">John Ousterhout</a>'s research group between 1984 and 1992. Its notable features include support for <a href="/facts/Single_system_image/9uQE0fcS">single system image</a> on <a href="/facts/Computer_cluster/mT7S1BcX">computer clusters</a> and the introduction of the <a href="/facts/Log-structured_file_system/cL4ykhdf">log-structured file system</a>. The <a href="/facts/Tcl/s7fbKYtR">Tcl</a> scripting language also originated in this project. </p>