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Unixoid en · ADJ

Etymology

From Unix + -oid.

Meanings

1. (informal) Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.
   • While this question is perfectly reasonable if the environment consists of large numbers of Microsoft Windows desktop machines and a few servers, in a Unixoid data center with lots of servers, or a Unix environment with a large number of workstations that are remotely operated using SSH, the answer to this question is obvious. 2006, Benedikt Stockebrand, IPv6 in Practice: A Unixer's Guide to the Next Generation Internet, page 300:
   • Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems. 1996, Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker's Dictionary, third edition, page 459:

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Synonyms

Unixish · Unix-like · Unixy

Unixoid en · NOUN

Etymology

From Unix + -oid.

Meanings

1. (informal) A Unix user.
   • From the perspective of erstwhile Unixoids, those are all toy operating systems, while Unix is what you use when you have real work to do […] 1995, G. Burgess Allison, The Lawyer's Guide to the Internet, page 339:

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