INTRO(7)           FreeBSD Miscellaneous Information Manual           INTRO(7)

NAME

     intro - miscellaneous information pages

DESCRIPTION

     This section contains miscellaneous documentation.

           arch(7)          supported CPU architectures and platforms

           ascii(7)         map of ASCII character set

           build(7)         build instructions for FreeBSD

           c(7)             the C programming language

           clocks(7)        system timekeeping clocks available in FreeBSD

           crypto(7)        cryptographic algorithms provided by OpenCrypto in
                            FreeBSD

           d(7)             dtrace(1) scripting language overview

           development(7)   development introduction to FreeBSD

           environ(7)       user environment

           firewall(7)      simple firewalls under FreeBSD

           groups(7)        standard user group names

           hier(7)          file system hierarchy in FreeBSD

           hostname(7)      host name resolution description

           networking(7)    network connection quickstart guide

           release(7)       layout of FreeBSD releases and snapshots

           ports(7)         introduction to the ports infrastructure of
                            FreeBSD

           security(7)      security features available in FreeBSD

           stats(7)         statistics utilities available in FreeBSD

           tests(7)         introduction to the FreeBSD Test Suite

           tracing(7)       introduction to tracing and performance monitoring
                            facilities

           tuning(7)        general advice on tuning FreeBSD

SEE ALSO

     man(1), intro(2), intro(3), intro(4), intro(5), intro(6), intro(8),
     intro(9)

HISTORY

     The intro section manual page appeared in 4.2BSD.

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD        April 28, 2026                        INTRO(7)