gnu network object model environment

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNOME

   <operating system> (GNOME) A project to build a complete,
   {user-friendly} {desktop} based entirely on {free software}.
   GNOME is part of the {GNU project} and part of the
   {OpenSource} movement.  The desktop will consist of small
   {utilities} and larger {applications} which share a consistent
   {look and feel}.  GNOME uses {GTK+} as the {GUI} {toolkit} for
   applications.

   GNOME is intended to run on any modern and functional
   {Unix}-like system.  The current version runs on {Linux},
   {FreeBSD}, {IRIX} and {Solaris}.

   (http://gnome.org/).

   (1998-10-17)