<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
uClibc	B-Language
(	O
sometimes	O
written	O
µClibc	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
C	B-Language
standard	I-Language
library	I-Language
intended	O
for	O
Linux	O
kernel-based	O
operating	O
systems	O
for	O
embedded	B-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
uClibc	B-Language
was	O
written	O
to	O
support	O
μClinux	B-Application
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
not	O
requiring	O
a	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
and	O
thus	O
suited	O
for	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
(	O
uCs	O
;	O
the	O
"	O
u	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
Latin	O
script	O
typographical	O
approximation	O
-	O
not	O
a	O
proper	O
romanization	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
letter	O
"	O
m	O
"	O
-	O
of	O
μ	O
for	O
"	O
micro	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
uClibc	B-Language
started	O
around	O
1999	O
.	O
uClibc	B-Language
was	O
mostly	O
written	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
incorporated	O
code	O
from	O
glibc	B-Language
and	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
uClibc	B-Language
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
uClibc	B-Language
is	O
much	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
glibc	B-Language
,	O
the	O
C	B-Language
library	I-Language
normally	O
used	O
with	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
glibc	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
fully	O
support	O
all	O
relevant	O
C	B-Language
standards	O
across	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
,	O
uClibc	B-Language
is	O
specifically	O
focused	O
on	O
embedded	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uClibc	B-Language
runs	O
on	O
standard	O
and	O
MMU-less	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
i386	B-General_Concept
,	O
x86-64	B-Device
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
(	O
big/little	O
endian	O
)	O
,	O
Atmel	B-Device
AVR32	I-Device
,	O
Analog	B-General_Concept
Devices	I-General_Concept
Blackfin	I-General_Concept
,	O
Renesas/Hitachi	O
H8	O
(	O
h8300	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Motorola	B-Device
m68k	I-Device
,	O
MIPS	B-Device
(	O
big/little	O
endian	O
)	O
,	O
IBM	B-Architecture
PowerPC	I-Architecture
,	O
SuperH	O
(	O
big/little	O
endian	O
)	O
,	O
Sun	B-Architecture
SPARC	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Renesas/NEC	B-Device
v850	I-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uClibc-ng	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
uClibc	B-Language
announced	O
on	O
the	O
OpenWRT	B-Application
mailing	O
list	O
in	O
July	O
2014	O
after	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
had	O
passed	O
without	O
a	O
uClibc	B-Language
release	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
any	O
communication	O
from	O
the	O
maintainer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
project	O
's	O
author	O
no	O
longer	O
publishes	O
updates	O
,	O
but	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
still	O
actively	O
developed	O
fork	B-Application
uClibc-ng	B-Language
for	O
current	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
