Unixism
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system. informal
"Another common Unixism that causes problems on Windows is the use of the select() function."
Example
More examples"Another common Unixism that causes problems on Windows is the use of the select() function."
Etymology
From Unix + -ism.