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Minix
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English
Etymology
Coined by Andrew S. Tanenbaum as a contraction of mini-Unix.
Proper noun
en computing A Unix-like operating system for teaching the principles of operating systems.
Related terms
en Unix
en Linux
References
A Quarter Century of UNIX (Peter H. Salus, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1994)
Anagrams
en iimnx Xinmi inmix mix-in mixin
en Unix