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TWENEX

TWENEX proper noun: the TOPS-20 operating system for the PDP-10 mainframe computer.

Proper noun

TWENEX

  1. (informal) The TOPS-20 operating system for the PDP-10 mainframe computer.

Origin of TWENEX

Blend of twenty + TENEX, the latter (derived from ten extended) being an earlier operating system for the same machine.

Questions about TWENEX

What does TWENEX mean?
TWENEX means the TOPS-20 operating system for the PDP-10 mainframe computer.
What part of speech is TWENEX?
TWENEX is a proper noun.

Words near TWENEX in the dictionary

  1. twelvety
  2. twelvish
  3. twelvth
  4. Twemlow
  5. twen
  6. TWENEX
  7. twenny
  8. twens
  9. twentagers
  10. twenteen
  11. twenteens

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