UNIX

American

[yoo-niks] / ˈyu nɪks /

Or Unix

Trademark.

a multiuser, multitasking computer operating system.

UNIX British

/ ˈjuːnɪks /

noun

a multi-user multitasking operating system found on many types of computer

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Though sold under obscure brand names like CP/M, MS-DOS and UNIX, systems software for personal computers can be highly profitable, and last year sales totaled $500 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The company had a jolt in January, when IBM announced that it would buy a version of UNIX, another operating system, from one of Microsoft's competitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition, AT&T is promoting UNIX, a system particularly efficient at performing several different tasks at once and communicating with other computers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Intel's newer chips will run competing operating systems, like UNIX, for instance, while Microsoft intends to write versions of its Windows NT for computer chips designed by Intel rivals Digital Equipment and MIPS.

From Time Magazine Archive

That way I could have a three-letter acronym, for Something's Not UNIX.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam

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