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Unix

Family of computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix from 1969

Also known as UnICS · Uniplexed Information and Computing System · Uniplexed Information and Computing Service

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Subclass of: Unix-like operating system
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Founded: 1969
Website: opengroup.org/unix-systems

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Unix is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, the development of which started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others. Initially intended for use inside the Bell System, AT&T licensed Unix to outside parties in the late 1970s, leading to a variety of both academic and commercial Unix variants from vendors including Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), Microsoft (Xenix), Sun Microsystems (SunOS/Solaris), HP (HP-UX), and IBM (AIX).

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