There is a saying, that "Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly". If one looks at the Linux desktop, one will realise, that it's also true for desktop operating systems.
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Unix
//ˈjuː.nɪks//
Synonyms for "unix" (2 found)
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25 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- يُونِكْس noun (operating system)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Ю́никс noun (operating system)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
- 尤內克斯 /尤内克斯 noun (operating system)
Dutch
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Esperanto
1 entries- Unikso noun (operating system)
Finnish
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
French
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
German
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Hebrew
1 entries- יוניקס noun (operating system)
Hindi
1 entries- युनिक्स noun (operating system)
Japanese
2 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
- ユニックス noun (operating system)
Korean
1 entries- 유닉스 noun (operating system)
Macedonian
1 entries- Ју́никс noun (operating system)
Persian
1 entries- یونیکس noun (operating system)
Polish
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Portuguese
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Russian
1 entries- Ю́никс noun (operating system)
Spanish
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Thai
1 entries- ยูนิกซ์ noun (operating system)
Turkish
1 entries- Unix noun (operating system)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ю́нікс noun (operating system)
Urdu
1 entries- یونکس noun (operating system)
Yiddish
1 entries- יוניקס noun (operating system)
Sample sentences
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Person of the future: "The calendar of this Unix machine that the ancients built only goes up to January 19, 2038. As such, I am convinced that this marks the day of the Earth's destruction."
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GNU is not Unix.
Source: wiktionary
The Linux kernel operating system is one of the most popular Unixes.
Source: wiktionary
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