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A multi-user operating system. Based on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service") which BellLabs felt 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").

See also:
* [http://www.webopaedia.com/TERM/U/UNIX.html]
* JargonFile:UNIX
* JargonFile:Multics
* WikiPedia:UNIX
* WikiPedia:Multics

UNIX is a registered trademark of AT and T (although this has been sold now?). This is why you might see some people refer to the free systems (such as [Linux], and the [*BSD]s) as "unix-like" or "u*nix".

Unix (or unix-like :) operating systems:

* [AIX] (by [IBM])
* [Darwin] (AppleCorporation)
* Digital Unix ([DEC] acquired by Compaq) (became Tru64)
* [FreeBSD] | [NetBSD] | [OpenBSD]
* [HPUX] (HewlettPackard)
* [Linux]
* [SCO]
* [SunOS] | [Solaris] (SunMicrosystems)
* [Tru64] ([Compaq], which has merged with HewlettPackard)
* [Ultrix]
* [Xenix] (MicrosoftCorporation) (yes really)


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Also see  [ UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/ ],  [POSIX] and WhyUnix.

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