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Question by DJ
Submitted on 3/1/2004
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What does UNIX stand for? What does the U, the N, the I, and the X stand for?

Answer by squall44
Submitted on 3/21/2004
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It doesn't stand for anything. In 1969 Ken Thompson wrote the first version of Unix, called UNICS. UNICS stood for Uniplexed Operating and Computing System. Although the operating system has changed, the name stuck and was eventually shortened to Unix.

Answer by kbart63
Submitted on 4/17/2006
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"Short answer: Unix stands for UNiplexed Information and Computing System. (It was originally spelled "Unics.")" http://ask.yahoo.com/19990601.html

Answer by Eliza
Submitted on 10/18/2006
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UNIX doesn't have meanings for the individual letters UNIX got it name by combining its original name Uniplexed Information and Computing System with a program called LINUX

Answer by pardhu
Submitted on 3/25/2007
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Unified Network Information Computersystem

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