Unix

Etymology
A pun on to sound like, as Unix was considered to be an emasculated Multics (see  and ). Probably coined by Brian Kernighan in 1970.

Proper noun

 * 1)  An operating system that shares the original source code by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, currently owned by Novell.
 * 2)  An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
 * 1)  An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.
 * 1)  An operating system largely compatible with Unix that qualifies for use of the UNIX trademark, currently owned by The Open Group.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of the above plus Unix-like operating systems similar to Unix but not qualifying for use of the UNIX trademark.
 * GNU is not Unix.
 * The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular Unixes.
 * GNU is not Unix.
 * The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular Unixes.

Hypernyms

 * *nix / UN*X

Derived terms

 * *nix
 * UN*X

Translations

 * Arabic: يُونِكْس
 * Bulgarian: Ю́никс
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 尤內克斯, Unix
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: Unix
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: יוניקס
 * Hindi: युनिक्स
 * Japanese: Unix, ユニックス
 * Korean: 유닉스
 * Macedonian: Ју́никс
 * Persian: یونیکس
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: Ю́никс
 * Spanish: Unix
 * Thai: ยูนิกซ์
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: یونکس
 * Yiddish: יוניקס