Minix

English

Etymology

Coined by Andrew S. Tanenbaum as a contraction of mini-Unix.

Proper noun

Minix

  1. (computing) A Unix-like operating system for teaching the principles of operating systems.

References
  • A Quarter Century of UNIX (Peter H. Salus, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1994)

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.