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Unixism

Unixism noun: an idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system.

Noun

Unixism (plural Unixisms)

  1. (informal) An idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system.
    • Another common Unixism that causes problems on Windows is the use of the select() function.2000, Mark J. Hammond, Andy Robinson, Python programming on Win32, page 35
    • Note the term fork/exec is a Unixism that describes the way many applications first fork a child process and then use the exec system command to start another process.2006, Joshua B. Smith, Practical OCaml, page 275

Forms of Unixism

pluralUnixisms

Origin of Unixism

From Unix + -ism.

Questions about Unixism

What does Unixism mean?
Unixism means an idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system.
What part of speech is Unixism?
Unixism is a noun.
What is the plural of Unixism?
The plural of Unixism is Unixisms.

Words near Unixism in the dictionary

  1. unix-like
  2. Unixen
  3. unixes
  4. Unixification
  5. Unixish
  6. Unixism
  7. Unixisms
  8. Unixlike
  9. Unixoid
  10. Unixoids
  11. Unixy

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