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A multi-user operating system based on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service"). BellLabs felt [Multics] was getting bloated, so they wrote their own system called [Unix], which was "Multics without the balls" or "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of".

There is one important dichotomy in the [Unix] world: the [BSD]ish systems and the [SysV]ish systems.

See also:
* [UNIX] for the Trademark
* Our OperatingSystem wiki page for a list of [Unix]-like ones
* [http://www.webopaedia.com/TERM/U/UNIX.html]
* [The UNIX Time-Sharing System|http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/cacm.html]
* [UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/] (serious) [1]
* [UNIX History | http://www.wards.net/~bill/humor/geek/unix-history.shtml] (humourous)
* [POSIX]
* WhyUnix
* JargonFile:UNIX
* JargonFile:Multics
* WikiPedia:UNIX
* WikiPedia:Multics

[1] There is a must-see graph of the mess that is the history of [Unix] here.

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