Minix

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Minix

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

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References[edit]

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

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