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UNIX Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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<operating system> /yoo'niks/ (Or "UNIX", in the authors' words, "A weak pun on Multics") Plural "Unices". An interactive time-sharing operating system invented in 1969 by Ken Thompson after Bell Labs left the Multics project, originally so he could play games on his scavenged PDP-7. Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C, is considered a co-author of the system.
The turning point in Unix's history came when it was reimplemented almost entirely in C during 1972 - 1974, making it the first source-portable OS. Unix subsequently underwent mutations and expansions at the hands of many different people, resulting in a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment.
By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multi-user general-purpose operating system in the world. Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view).
Unix is now offered by many manufacturers and is the subject of an international standardisation effort [called?]. Unix-like operating systems include AIX, A/UX, BSD, Debian, FreeBSD, GNU, HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, NEXTSTEP, OpenBSD, OPENSTEP, OSF, POSIX, RISCiX, Solaris, SunOS, System V, Ultrix, USG Unix, Version 7, Xenix.
"Unix" or "UNIX"? Both seem roughly equally popular, perhaps with a historical bias toward the latter. "UNIX" is a registered trademark of The Open Group, however, since it is a name and not an acronym, "Unix" has been adopted in this dictionary except where a larger name includes it in upper case. Since the OS is case-sensitive and exists in many different versions, it is fitting that its name should reflect this.
The UNIX Reference Desk.
Spanish fire extinguisher.
[Jargon File]
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American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc. tcsh link farm Lucent Technologies United Kingdom Unix Users Group
<operating system> /yoo'niks/ (Or "UNIX", in the authors' words, "A weak pun on Multics") Plural "Unices". An interactive time-sharing operating system invented in 1969 by Ken Thompson after Bell Labs left the Multics project, originally so he could play games on his scavenged PDP-7. Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C, is considered a co-author of the system.
The turning point in Unix's history came when it was reimplemented almost entirely in C during 1972 - 1974, making it the first source-portable OS. Unix subsequently underwent mutations and expansions at the hands of many different people, resulting in a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment.
By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multi-user general-purpose operating system in the world. Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view).
Unix is now offered by many manufacturers and is the subject of an international standardisation effort [called?]. Unix-like operating systems include AIX, A/UX, BSD, Debian, FreeBSD, GNU, HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, NEXTSTEP, OpenBSD, OPENSTEP, OSF, POSIX, RISCiX, Solaris, SunOS, System V, Ultrix, USG Unix, Version 7, Xenix.
"Unix" or "UNIX"? Both seem roughly equally popular, perhaps with a historical bias toward the latter. "UNIX" is a registered trademark of The Open Group, however, since it is a name and not an acronym, "Unix" has been adopted in this dictionary except where a larger name includes it in upper case. Since the OS is case-sensitive and exists in many different versions, it is fitting that its name should reflect this.
The UNIX Reference Desk.
Spanish fire extinguisher.
[Jargon File]
(2001-05-14)
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Unix
/yoo'niks/ n. [In the authors' words, "A weak pun on Multics"; very early on it was `UNICS'] (also `UNIX') An interactive time-sharing system invented in 1969 by Ken Thompson after Bell Labs left the Multics project, originally so he could play games on his scavenged PDP-7. Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C, is considered a co-author of the system. The turning point in Unix's history came when it was reimplemented almost entirely in C during 1972-1974, making it the first source-portable OS. Unix subsequently underwent mutations and expansions at the hands of many different people, resulting in a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment. By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multiuser general-purpose operating system in the world. Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view). See Version 7, BSD, USG Unix, Linux.
/yoo'niks/ n. [In the authors' words, "A weak pun on Multics"; very early on it was `UNICS'] (also `UNIX') An interactive time-sharing system invented in 1969 by Ken Thompson after Bell Labs left the Multics project, originally so he could play games on his scavenged PDP-7. Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C, is considered a co-author of the system. The turning point in Unix's history came when it was reimplemented almost entirely in C during 1972-1974, making it the first source-portable OS. Unix subsequently underwent mutations and expansions at the hands of many different people, resulting in a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment. By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multiuser general-purpose operating system in the world. Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view). See Version 7, BSD, USG Unix, Linux.
Some people are confused over whether this word is appropriately `UNIX' or `Unix'; both forms are common, and used interchangeably. Dennis Ritchie says that the `UNIX' spelling originally happened in CACM's 1974 paper "The UNIX Time-Sharing System" because "we had a new typesetter and troff had just been invented and we were intoxicated by being able to produce small caps." Later, dmr tried to get the spelling changed to `Unix' in a couple of Bell Labs papers, on the grounds that the word is not acronymic. He failed, and eventually (his words) "wimped out" on the issue. So, while the trademark today is `UNIX', both capitalizations are grounded in ancient usage; the Jargon File uses `Unix' in deference to dmr's wishes.
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(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
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UNiversal Interactive eXecutive
UNiversal Interactive eXecutive
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(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
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A Multitasking Operating System developed in 1969. The are many variants of Unix. Written in the C Programming Language it is very portable - running on a number of different computers. Unix is the main operating system used by Internet host computers.
A Multitasking Operating System developed in 1969. The are many variants of Unix. Written in the C Programming Language it is very portable - running on a number of different computers. Unix is the main operating system used by Internet host computers.
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Multi-user computer operating system. The Internet and the World Wide Web grew up on Unix, and these days Unix is still the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.
Multi-user computer operating system. The Internet and the World Wide Web grew up on Unix, and these days Unix is still the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.
| Jensen's Technology Glossary |
Unix
An operating system developed by Bell Laboratories for use on large workstations. Latest information on Copeland and other operating systems can be obtained at <http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/center/default.html>. Details are provided in Information Week, April 29, 1996, p. 15. Unix became one of the main operating systems for networked computers. It is especially suited for networks and is commonly used for Internet networks. The Unix System V Release 4 based operating system is called Sun's Solaris that runs off Sun Workstations and the PowerPC. IBM's Unix-based operating system is called the AIX, and the Hewlett-Packard version is called HP/UX. A discussion of whether Unix should become more of a part of operating systems in accounting practices is provided by Courtney and Hunton (1993) . Since the advent of Windows 2000, much of this argument becomes muted. (See also AU , SCO Open Desktop , Networks , and Operating system )
An operating system developed by Bell Laboratories for use on large workstations. Latest information on Copeland and other operating systems can be obtained at <http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/center/default.html>. Details are provided in Information Week, April 29, 1996, p. 15. Unix became one of the main operating systems for networked computers. It is especially suited for networks and is commonly used for Internet networks. The Unix System V Release 4 based operating system is called Sun's Solaris that runs off Sun Workstations and the PowerPC. IBM's Unix-based operating system is called the AIX, and the Hewlett-Packard version is called HP/UX. A discussion of whether Unix should become more of a part of operating systems in accounting practices is provided by Courtney and Hunton (1993) . Since the advent of Windows 2000, much of this argument becomes muted. (See also AU , SCO Open Desktop , Networks , and Operating system )
| Internet Glossary |
UNIX
A computer operating system (the basic software running on a computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). UNIX is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is multi-user) and has TCP/IP built-in. It is the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.
A computer operating system (the basic software running on a computer, underneath things like word processors and spreadsheets). UNIX is designed to be used by many people at the same time (it is multi-user) and has TCP/IP built-in. It is the most common operating system for servers on the Internet.
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Unix
A powerful operating system
A powerful operating system
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UNIX
An operating system typically written in C,and designed for multi-user enviroments.It has TCP/IP built in,and is therefore one of the most popular operating systems for servers on the internet.
An operating system typically written in C,and designed for multi-user enviroments.It has TCP/IP built in,and is therefore one of the most popular operating systems for servers on the internet.
| The Internet Dictionary |
Unix
A computer operating system, originally developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories, that is compatible with a wide range of computer systems. Ultrix, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, BSD, Linux, and SystemV are among its numerous descendants.
A computer operating system, originally developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories, that is compatible with a wide range of computer systems. Ultrix, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, BSD, Linux, and SystemV are among its numerous descendants.
| Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms |
Unix
Also known as UNIX, though it doesn't really stand for anything. The Unix operating system was first created in Bell Labs way back in the 1960s. It became popular in the 1970s for general purpose computing, but not on the consumer level. Since a lot of Internet hosting is done on Unix machines, the platform gained tremendous popularity in the 1990s. It still remains somewhat of an ambiguous operating system, as there are many different versions of it. These include Ultrix, Xenix, Linux, and GNU, which, making things even more confusing, all run on a number of different hardware platforms. Most people don't need to mess with Unix, but computer geeks seem to have the need to use it as much as possible.
Also known as UNIX, though it doesn't really stand for anything. The Unix operating system was first created in Bell Labs way back in the 1960s. It became popular in the 1970s for general purpose computing, but not on the consumer level. Since a lot of Internet hosting is done on Unix machines, the platform gained tremendous popularity in the 1990s. It still remains somewhat of an ambiguous operating system, as there are many different versions of it. These include Ultrix, Xenix, Linux, and GNU, which, making things even more confusing, all run on a number of different hardware platforms. Most people don't need to mess with Unix, but computer geeks seem to have the need to use it as much as possible.
UNIX Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Noun
1. trademark for a powerful operating system
(synonym) UNIX system, UNIX operating system
(hypernym) operating system, OS
(hyponym) Linux
Noun
1. trademark for a powerful operating system
(synonym) UNIX system, UNIX operating system
(hypernym) operating system, OS
(hyponym) Linux
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unix
n : a powerful operating system developed at the bell telephone laboratories [syn: unix, unix system, unix operating system ]
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unix
n : a powerful operating system developed at the bell telephone laboratories [syn: unix, unix system, unix operating system ]
similar words(18)
unix guru
unix to unix copy
unix to unix copy
unix wizard
unix manual page
unix conspiracy
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unix weenie
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UNIX Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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UNIX
An operating system developed by Bell Laboratories that supports multiuser and multitasking operations.
An operating system developed by Bell Laboratories that supports multiuser and multitasking operations.
UNIX Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Unix
Computer operating system developed at ATT Bell Laboratories in 1970 that provided the basis of software and research for creating the Internet as we know it today. Many Internet servers still run Unix. See also serverand shell accounts.
Computer operating system developed at ATT Bell Laboratories in 1970 that provided the basis of software and research for creating the Internet as we know it today. Many Internet servers still run Unix. See also serverand shell accounts.
UNIX Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Unix
Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations.
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