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{{Infobox consoleplatform|title = BSD|type=Operating SystemSystems|logo=Icon FreeBSD.png|image=Icon OpenBSD.png|image2=Icon NetBSDBSD Daemon.png|imagecaption='''<abbr title="Latest releases of the most popular BSD varients">Current Releases</abbr>'''<br> FreeBSD '''{{FreeBSDVer}}'''<br>OpenBSD '''{{OpenBSDVer}}'''<br>NetBSD '''{{NetBSDVer}}'''|logowidth = 75px|first-release = '''BSD''' 1978<br>'''FreeBSD''' 1993<br>'''OpenBSD''' 1996<br>'''NetBSD''' 1993
|discontinued = {{✗}}<ref group=N name=BSD</ref>The Original BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) was discontinued in 1995 but still has active descendents</ref>
|last-release = BSD '''4.4-Lite2''' (1995)<br>FreeBSD '''{{FreeBSDVer}}'''<br>OpenBSD '''{{OpenBSDVer}}'''<br>NetBSD '''{{NetBSDVer}}'''|successor = [https://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD]<br>, [https://www.openbsd.org/ OpenBSD]<br>, [https://netbsd.org/ NetBSD].<br><br>'''[[wikipedia:Comparison_of_BSD_operating_systems|Other BSD descendants]]'''
|emulated=[[Hypervisors]]}}
:''This page is about software on BSD Variants that emulates other hardware, like video game consoles.''{{for|software that can run BSD variants on other Operating Systems|Hypervisors}}
'''[[wikipedia:Berkeley_Software_Distribution|BSD]]''' (Berkeley Software Distribution) was originally developed by the University of California, Berkeley where the Berkeley in BSD comes from. there are many [[wikipedia:Comparison_of_BSD_operating_systems|BSD descendents]]. such as the ones focused here, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. And ones not focused here due to due to BSD's [[wikipedia:BSD licenses|permissive licensing]]. BSD code has been used in [[macOS]], [[PS3]], [[PS4]], [[PS5]] and the [[Nintendo Switch]].
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