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UNIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does UNIX mean? 

UNIX (noun)
  The noun UNIX has 1 sense:

1. trademark for a powerful operating systemplay

  Familiarity information: UNIX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNIX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Trademark for a powerful operating system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

UNIX; UNIX operating system; UNIX system

Hypernyms ("UNIX" is a kind of...):

operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)

Instance hyponyms:

Linux (an open-source version of the UNIX operating system)


 Context examples 


A UNIX compression program based on the LZC compression method.

(Compress Algorithm, NCI Thesaurus)



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