Re: "UNIX"

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-02-23 22:02, Chris Rawnsley wrote:
> Very interesting. Well now that I know I will try and be a little more
> careful in how I refer to it.
> If it is all capitalised that would lead me to believe that it stood
> for something, but I can't find anything on the matter. Do you know
> why it is capialised and/or do you know the reason they chose the
> name?
>
> Chris

UNiplexed Information and Computing System, according to wikipedia 
(replaced the last C and S with an X). I believe that the name has 
something to do with MULTICS (Multiplexed Information and Computing 
System?), but exactly what the differance between multiplexed and 
uniplexid is I don't know.

Erik Wikström
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