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Xpdf

Xpdf is an open source Open source

Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's s... 

 PDF Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format is a file format [i] proprietary [i] to Adobe Systems [i] for representing two ... 

 viewer for the X Window System X Window System

In computing [i], the X Window System provides windowing [i] for bitmap [i] ... 

 and Motif. Xpdf runs on practically any Unix-like Unix-like

A "Unix-like" operating system [i] is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix [i] system, while n ... 

 operating system Operating system

An operating system is a software program [i] that manages the hardware [i] and software [i] ... 

. Xpdf can decode LZW and read encrypted PDFs. The official version obeys the DRM Digital Rights Management

Digital Rights Management is any of several technologies used by publishers to control access to and usa... 

 of PDF files, which may prevent copying, printing, or converting some PDF files. There are patches which will ignore these DRM restrictions. Xpdf includes several programs which don't require the X Window System, including programs which extract images from PDF files or convert PDF to PostScript PostScript

PostScript is a page description language [i] and programming language [i] used primarily in the electr ... 

 or text. Xpdf is also used as a backend for other PDF reader frontends such as KPDF KPDF

In computing [i], KPDF is a free [i] PDF [i] reader; it is integr ... 

, and its engine, sans the X11 display components, is used for PDF viewers including BePDF on BeOS BeOS

BeOS is an operating system [i] for personal computers [i] which began development by Be Inc. [i] in 1991 [i] ... 

, !PDF on RISCOS RISC OS

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 and on Palm OS Palm OS

Palm OS is a compact operating system [i] developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. [i] for personal digital assistant [i] ... 

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Xpdf is an open source Open source

Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's s... 

 PDF Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format is a file format [i] proprietary [i] to Adobe Systems [i] for representing two ... 

 viewer for the X Window System X Window System

In computing [i], the X Window System provides windowing [i] for bitmap [i] ... 

 and Motif. Xpdf runs on practically any Unix-like Unix-like

A "Unix-like" operating system [i] is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix [i] system, while n... 

 operating system Operating system

An operating system is a software program [i] that manages the hardware [i] and software [i] ... 

. Xpdf can decode LZW and read encrypted PDFs. The official version obeys the DRM Digital Rights Management

Digital Rights Management is any of several technologies used by publishers to control access to and usa... 

 of PDF files, which may prevent copying, printing, or converting some PDF files. There are patches which will ignore these DRM restrictions.

Xpdf includes several programs which don't require the X Window System, including programs which extract images from PDF files or convert PDF to PostScript PostScript

PostScript is a page description language [i] and programming language [i] used primarily in the electr ... 

 or text.

Xpdf is also used as a backend for other PDF reader frontends such as KPDF KPDF

In computing [i], KPDF is a free [i] PDF [i] reader; it is integr ... 

, and its engine, sans the X11 display components, is used for PDF viewers including BePDF on BeOS BeOS

BeOS is an operating system [i] for personal computers [i] which began development by Be Inc. [i] in 1991 [i] ... 

, !PDF on RISCOS RISC OS

name = RISC OS
|screenshot = |caption = A screenshot of RISC OS 4.... 

 and on Palm OS Palm OS

Palm OS is a compact operating system [i] developed and licensed by PalmSource, Inc. [i] for personal digital assistant [i] ... 

.

Due in part to a number of security holes in xpdf, the rendering library of xpdf 3.0 was forked into poppler. Many programs can use poppler as their backend renderer.

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