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Old 12-01-2003
Lightbulb what does unix stand for?
hello ..
I am college student and a new guy to unix.
I have a simple question:
what does "unix" stand for ,or just a meaningless name ?
# 2  
Old 12-01-2003
UNIX was born out of "Multics" (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service), "Although it was not until well into 1970 that Brian Kernighan suggested the name `Unix,' in a somewhat treacherous pun on `Multics,' the operating system we know today was born." (http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/hist.html) Go here for THE history of UNIX... http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/ -Cassj
# 3  
Old 12-05-2003
unix stands for "Unified Computing Systems" acutally it was unics and I have no idea how it got changed to "unix"
# 4  
Old 12-05-2003
Hi,

Actually, nobody knows who had the idea to change the name from Unics to Unix... :-)

Quote:
"... When BTL withdrew from the project, they needed to rewrite an operating
system (OS) in order to play space war on another smaller machine (a DEC
PDP-7 [Programmed Data Processor] with 4K memory for user
programs). The result was a system which a punning colleague called
UNICS (UNiplexed Information and Computing Service)--an
'emasculated Multics'; no one recalls whose idea the change to UNIX
was"
Read more...
http://www.english.uga.edu/hc/unixhistoryrev.html
# 5  
Old 12-07-2003
Smilie Thanks jsilva really interesting
 
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