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Xenix

Xenix proper noun: a version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

Proper noun

Xenix

  1. (historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

Questions about Xenix

What does Xenix mean?
Xenix means a version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.
What part of speech is Xenix?
Xenix is a proper noun.

Words near Xenix in the dictionary

  1. xenisthmid
  2. xenisthmids
  3. Xenite
  4. Xenites
  5. xenium
  6. Xenix
  7. xenization
  8. xenna-
  9. xennial
  10. xennials
  11. xenno-

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