UNIX : Full Form !!

[Dev]

hello all,

what is full name of operating system UNIX?

 

[Dev]

hello all,

what is full name of operating system UNIX?

Before anyone comment that "I should put this topic in UNIX" i would
like to say extremely sorry to everyone hence it posted by my friend
mistakely !!

 

[Ingo Menger]

hello all,

what is full name of operating system UNIX?

Do you mean something like "tty '70"?

 

[P.J. Plauger]

what is full name of operating system UNIX?

Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
thing three and a half decades ago.

BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
IIRC.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.
http://www.dinkumware.com

 

[Nick Keighley]

Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
thing three and a half decades ago.

BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
IIRC.

Many Unusually Large Tables In Core Simultaneously

(I'm sure Multics is actually a paragon in its memory usage by todays
standards!)

 

[Grumble]

Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
thing three and a half decades ago.

BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
IIRC.

MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service?

(Wikipedia rules.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

 

[P.J. Plauger]

MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service?

Sure, why not? I guess IIRI.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.
http://www.dinkumware.com

 

[Stan Milam]

Unix. It was coined by Brian Kernighan as a play on Multics,
a multi-user OS developed by GE and others (including, for
a time, Bell Labs). The idea was that Unix would run on
machines small enough for use by one person -- an uncommon
thing three and a half decades ago.

BTW, Multics is essentially an acronym for some forgettable
combination of things like "multi user" and "control system",
IIRC.

P.J. Plauger
Dinkumware, Ltd.
http://www.dinkumware.com

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that when Ken Thompson demonstrated
the yet-to-be named OS that Mr. Kerninghan exclaimed something like "Ha,
it's a castrated Multics!"

 

[Rod Pemberton]

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that when Ken Thompson demonstrated
the yet-to-be named OS that Mr. Kerninghan exclaimed something like "Ha,
it's a castrated Multics!"

Correct. The 'forgettable' combination UNIX's name is described in an
excerpt here:
http://www.english.uga.edu/hc/unixhistoryrev.html
And on other sites, once you know what to search for...

Rod Pemberton