unix
IPA: jˈunɪks
Root Word: Unix
noun
- (computing) An operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, currently owned by Novell.
- (computing) An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
- (computing, informal) Any of the above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.
- (software) Alternative form of Unix [(computing) An operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, currently owned by Novell.]
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Examples of "unix" in Sentences
- OSX give me a unix if I need it, but the MAC UI otherwise.
- A good unix geek will know about those and be able to find one at a reasonable price.
- I run a script that collects “unix load” and application requests per second across the servers.
- Dell has plenty of service offerings around MS, but could seriously use help on the Linux/unix side of things.
- At the time the unix die-hards would argue against shadow passwords till they turned blue and almost died of asphyxiation.
- Please note that I'm a 44 year old Pittsburgh based unix sys-admin who sometimes telecommutes, so I'm ripe for replacement.
- But two months ago I started to use OpenSolaris (it's not Linux, but some kind of unix like OS) when I built myself a new file server on a new PC using opensolaris and ZFS file system.
- Posts: 4,816 shell$ echo '"unix"' | sed s/\ "/\ '/g' unix 'bash-3. 1# your" unterminated "error was caused in part by the fact that your whole sed statement began with a single quote, but you neglected to close it with a single quote.
- I think it would be better if Apple would buy Sun, since OS X is unix by heart the solaris technology could add more blades to there OS, as they more to the 64bit computing, beside slicing a pie of the server market would be another growth area for Apple, beside laptops, iphones and ipod.
- Having your own unix geek on staff means you have someone who has a vested interest in keeping things going at lower cost, who can identify when your current resources are sufficient to do that new thing you want to do, and most importantly can identify when you can turn things costing you money off.
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