Operating Systems
Acronym | Meaning |
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AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive |
A/UX | Apple Unix |
BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
HPUX | Hewlett-Packard Unix |
Linux | from Linus (Torvalds; program author's name) and Unix |
Minix | miniature Unix |
MULTICS | multiplexed information and computing system |
Sinix | Siemens Unix |
SYSV | System V (= roman 5) |
SVR4 | System V release 4 |
Unix | From UNICS, a pun on its predecessor MULTICS (see here) |
XENIX | Xenos Unix |