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SVR4: UNIX System V Release 4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_V https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_V UNIX: Actually Unix. Not an acronym.
by lstamour 7y ago
SVR4: UNIX System V Release 4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_V https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_V
UNIX: Actually Unix. Not an acronym. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
- tyingq 7y ago"Unix. Not an acronym." Sorta. "In 1970, the group coined the name Unics for Uniplexed Information and Computing Service (pronounced "eunuchs"), as a pun on Multics, which stood for Multiplexed Information and Computer Services."
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoUniplexed sounds like a joke word.
- tyingq 7y agoIt was. They were poking fun at Multics being too bloated and complex.