Found 9 records for the .DSC file extension name
There are 8 other file types using the DSC file extension:
.dsc - Description file
.dsc - MIME Tag types
.dsc - Mime: text/prs.lines.tag
.dsc - Nikon Coolpix disk identification file
.dsc - Oracle discard file
.dsc - PostScript Language Document Structuring Conventions Specification version 3.0
.dsc - SoftImage scene file
.dsc - Microsoft Belief Network file
file extension DSC - Debian source control file
File extension DSC description:
File extension is used at Unix based operating systems for example Debian. Source control file (source package).
Associated applications to file extension DSC:
Company / developer:
Public Interest, Inc.
Debian
The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short.
An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer and does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.
Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide.
However, work is in progress to provide Debian for other kernels, primarily for the Hurd. The Hurd is a collection of servers that run on top of a microkernel (such as Mach) to implement different features. The Hurd is free software produced by the GNU project.
A large part of the basic tools that fill out the operating system come from the GNU project; hence the names: GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd. These tools are also free.
Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian comes with over 18733 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) — all of it free.
It's a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian — carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.