Linux : the kernel running is Linux
linux.com : hostname of the machine
2.6.18-194.el5: Kernel Version
SMP: Symmetric multi-processing (many CPUs)
The date: The date when the kernel was compiled
i686: The architecture that the kernel was compiled for
i386: the current system architecture
GNU/Linux: the operating system that is running (GNU tools with a Linux kernel)
The module names such as 3c509.0, ne.o, or smc-ultra.o correspond to keywords used in the NIC name itself.
For example, a NE2000 NIC would use the ne.o module. The modules names such as 3c509.o, ne.o or smc-ultra.o correspond to keywords used in the NIC name itself.
For example, a DEC Tulip NIC would use the tulip.o module.
