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Question by teetu
Submitted on 8/28/2003
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what is the expansion for UNIX?


Answer by informatic
Submitted on 11/18/2003
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the unknown union

 

Answer by juicycat
Submitted on 12/22/2003
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There isn't one; it's a pun on MULTICS, the "Multiplexed Information and Computing Service", which was a mainframe system where Unix was for workstations.  

 

Answer by MG creation
Submitted on 2/12/2004
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Uniplexed Information System

 

Answer by saran
Submitted on 5/12/2004
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uniplexed information system

 

Answer by jp
Submitted on 9/1/2004
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unified information and computing system(unics)

 

Answer by Srinivas Telkar
Submitted on 4/21/2005
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Uniplexed INformation System

 

Answer by bharath
Submitted on 5/11/2005
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no

 

Answer by Arun
Submitted on 7/18/2005
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Unix stands for UNiplexed Information and Computing System. (It was originally spelled "Unics.")

 

Answer by Xyz
Submitted on 2/18/2006
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USB

 

Answer by pavan
Submitted on 10/24/2006
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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.

 

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