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 **Documentation:** UNIX User's Manual, UNIX Administrator's Manual, Documents for UNIX **Documentation:** UNIX User's Manual, UNIX Administrator's Manual, Documents for UNIX
  
-UNIX Release 4 was a major release of the PWB UNIX line in the Bell System in 1981.  Unlike the prior and following versions which were released as System III and System V respectively, there was no external release of this version as UNIX System IV.+UNIX Release 4 was a major release of the PWB/UNIX line in the Bell System in 1981.  Unlike the prior and following versions which were released as System III and System V respectively, there was no external release of this version as UNIX System IV.
  
 Many of the changes which were first encountered outside of the Bell System in UNIX System V truly had their start in Release 4.  Examples of such features which originated in Release 4: Many of the changes which were first encountered outside of the Bell System in UNIX System V truly had their start in Release 4.  Examples of such features which originated in Release 4:
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   * Documents for UNIX Release 4.0 (https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/)   * Documents for UNIX Release 4.0 (https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/)
   * UNIX Reference Guide Release 4.0 (https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/UNIX_Reference_Guide.pdf)   * UNIX Reference Guide Release 4.0 (https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Documentation/Manuals/Unix_4.0/UNIX_Reference_Guide.pdf)
-  * UNIX User's Manual Release 4.1 (3B20) (Restoration/Archival in Progress)+  * UNIX User's Manual Release 4.1 (3B20) (https://gitlab.com/segaloco/pwb4u_man)
   * UNIX Programming Starter Package (https://archive.org/details/unix-programming-starter-package)   * UNIX Programming Starter Package (https://archive.org/details/unix-programming-starter-package)
   * UNIX Text Editing and Phototypesetting Starter Package (Archival in Progress)   * UNIX Text Editing and Phototypesetting Starter Package (Archival in Progress)
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 Nomenclature of this release is still being discussed.  The official name in literature of this line for 3, 4, and 5 is simply "UNIX Release X" where X is the major and minor version number.  Release 4 should be seen as distinct from 1973's research V4 as well as 1980's 4BSD. Nomenclature of this release is still being discussed.  The official name in literature of this line for 3, 4, and 5 is simply "UNIX Release X" where X is the major and minor version number.  Release 4 should be seen as distinct from 1973's research V4 as well as 1980's 4BSD.
  
-The major version numbering scheme derives from PWB/UNIX as evidenced in this thread: https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-September/018452.html+The major version numbering scheme derives from PWB/UNIX as evidenced in this thread: https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-September/018452.html
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