UNIX
Americannoun
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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
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
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
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
"On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.
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