Unix™
noun/ˈjuːnɪks/
/ˈjuːnɪks/
[uncountable] (computing)- the original version and basis of many computer operating systems in use today (for example, Linux)Word Origin1970s: from uni- ‘one’ + a respelling of -ics, on the pattern of an earlier less compact system called Multics.
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