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See also: UNIX and unix

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Proto-Indo-European *mel- der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós ?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multi-
Proto-Indo-European *pel- der. ?
Latin -plex
English multiplexed
Proto-Indo-European *h1én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der. ?
Latin fōrma
Latin fōrmō
Latin īnfōrmō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Late Latin īnfōrmātiō der.
Middle English enformacioun
English information
French computer bor.
English computing
Proto-Indo-European *ser- der. ?
Proto-Italic *serwos
Latin servus
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-ijos
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin -itia
Old French servise bor.
Old English serfis
Middle English servise
English service
English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
English Multics
▲さんかく
English eunuch influ.
English Unix

    A pun on Multics to sound like eunuchs , as Unix was considered to be an emasculated Multics (see multi- and uni- ). Likely coined by Canadian computer scientist Brian Kernighan in 1970.

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    Unix

    1. (computing ) An operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson.
      Alternative form: UNIX
      Hyponyms: BSD , A/UX , DG/UX , HP-UX
    2. (computing ) An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
      Alternative form: UNIX

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    Unix (plural Unixes or Unices or Unixen )

    1. (computing , informal ) Any of the above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.
      Alternative form: unix
      Hyponyms: Linux , Minix , GNU Hurd
      GNU is not Unix.
      The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular Unixes.

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    operating system

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