Karel Jansens (kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be) wrote:
> UNIX is to my knowledge not an acronym
Not Unix, but UNICS was supposed to stand for "UNiplexed Information and
Computing System" (which, as acronyms go, was rather lame). Since "X"
replaced "CS", one might argue that it stands for "Computing System".
- Michael
Michael J. Hussmann
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