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OS X
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osx
English
Etymology
Ellipsis of Mac OS X; from en OS operating system + mul X ten Roman numeral, as a successor to Mac OS 9.
Pronunciation
en /əʊˌɛsˈtɛn/ 1 RP
en /oʊˌɛsˈtɛn/ 1 GenAm
en /əʊˌɛsˈɛks/ 1 RP,non-standard
en /oʊˌɛsˈɛks/ 1 GenAm,non-standard
Proper noun
OS mul X ten
en computing trademark en macOS; itself formerly known as Mac OS X.
References
en What is an operating system (OS)? Apple Support https://web.archive.org/web/20090226055954/http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22541 14 November 2007 The current version of Mac OS is Mac OS X (pronounced "Mac O-S ten").
Anagrams
en osx SOX Sox sox
en terms containing Roman numerals
en Apple Inc.