What is the difference between `yum`/`dnf` and `apt`?

Q: What is the difference between `yum`/`dnf` and `apt`?

> * **`yum` / `dnf`**: Package managers used in Red Hat-based Linux distributions to manage RPM packages. * **`apt`**: Package manager used in Debian-based systems like Ubuntu to manage DEB packages.

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yum / dnf: Package managers used in Red Hat-based Linux distributions to manage RPM packages.
apt: Package manager used in Debian-based systems like Ubuntu to manage DEB packages.

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