fsn
| Developer(s) | Silicon Graphics |
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| Operating system | IRIX |
File System Navigator (fsn; pronounced "fusion") is an experimental application to view a file system in 3D, made by SGI for IRIX systems.
Even though it was never developed to a fully functional file manager, it gained some fame after it appeared in the movie Jurassic Park in 1993.[1] In a scene in the film, the character Lex Murphy, played by Ariana Richards, finds a computer displaying the interface. She exclaims "It's a UNIX system! I know this!" and proceeds to restart the building's access control system, locking the laboratory's doors. After the release of the film, some perceived the visualization as an example of media misrepresentation of computers,[2] citing the computer game-like display as being an unrealistic Hollywood mockup.[3]
See also
- File System Visualizer, a free clone of fsn for various Unix-like operating systems
References
- ↑ "My Workstation OS: Irix". Linux.com. May 20, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ↑ "8 Embarrassing Hollywood Tech Cliches".
- ↑ http://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool-from-jurassic-park/
External links
- fsn SGI homepage at the Wayback Machine (archived April 9, 2007)
- fsv fsn clone for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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