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Unix

🔄 Synonyms of "Unix"

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Word	Definition
unix systemnoun	trademark for a powerful operating system
unix operating systemnoun	trademark for a powerful operating system

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Unix"

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Word	Definition
unix operating systemnoun	trademark for a powerful operating system
unix systemnoun	trademark for a powerful operating system
linuxnoun	(loosely) Any operating system that uses this kernel.
hp-uxnoun	(computing) A proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
aixnoun	Synonym of Aix-en-Provence.
solaris	a 1961 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.
posixnoun	(computing) Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface, a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between Unix variants.
bsdnoun	(computing) Initialism of Berkeley Software Distribution.
macosnoun	(US, UK, Australia, education) Man: A Course of Study. A controversial education programme in the 1970s.
freebsdnoun	(computing) A Unix-like operating system that is derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), notable for having the largest following in the BSD community.
netbsdnoun	a Unix-like operating system that is derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), notable for running on 57 different platforms
openbsdnoun	(computing) a Unix-like operating system that is derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
minixnoun	(computing) A Unix-like operating system for teaching the principles of operating systems.
sunos	a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems from 1982 until the mid-1990s.
irix	a discontinued operating system developed by Silicon Graphics to run on the company's proprietary MIPS workstations and servers.
xenixnoun	(computing, historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.
sconoun	(sports) Abbreviation of Scotland. [A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.]
system v	—
ultrix	(officially all-caps ULTRIX) the brand name of Digital Equipment Corporation's discontinued native Unix operating systems for the PDP-11, VAX, MicroVAX and DECstations.
darwinnoun	A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.