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{{Infobox OS | name = Sprite | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | developer = [[University of California, Berkeley]] | kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]] | supported_platforms = [[DECstation#DECstation 5000 Model 200 Series|DECstation 5000 Model 200]], [[SPARCstation 2]] | ui = [[Command-line interface]] | family = [[Unix-like]] | latest_release_date = 1992 | programmed_in = [[C (programming language)]] | working_state = Historic | license = [[MIT License]] | website = [https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Projects/CS/sprite/sprite.html Sprite home page] }} '''Sprite''' is an experimental [[Unix-like]] [[distributed operating system]] developed at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] by [[John Ousterhout]]'s research group between 1984 and 1992. Its notable features include support for [[single system image]] on [[computer cluster]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Projects/CS/sprite/sprite.html|title = Sprite}}</ref> and the introduction of the [[log-structured file system]]. The [[Tcl]] scripting language also originated in this project.
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