Unixoid

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Unix user. informal

    "From the perspective of erstwhile Unixoids, those are all toy operating systems, while Unix is what you use when you have real work to do […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems. informal

    "Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems."

Synonyms

All synonyms
unix-likeunixishunixy

Example

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"Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems."

Etymology

From Unix + -oid.

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