<s>
Sigar	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
library	O
(	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
)	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
cross-language	O
programming	B-General_Concept
interface	O
to	O
low-level	O
information	O
on	O
computer	O
hardware	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	O
provides	O
bindings	O
for	O
many	O
popular	O
computer	B-Language
languages	I-Language
and	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
over	O
25	O
different	O
operating	O
system/hardware	O
combinations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sigar	B-Application
stands	O
for	O
System	O
Information	O
Gatherer	O
And	O
Reporter	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Doug	O
MacEachern	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
mod_perl	O
module	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
web	I-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
