Portable Operating System Interface
<operating system, standard> (POSIX) A set of IEEE standards designed to
provide application portability between Unix variants. IEEE 1003.1 defines a
Unix-like operating system interface, IEEE 1003.2 defines the shell and
utilities and IEEE 1003.4 defines real-time extensions.
["More UNIX For Dummies", ISBN: 1-56884-361-5] says it stands for "Portable
Operating System Interface with an X thrown in to make it sound cooler."
(1997-12-04)
Nearby terms:
Portable Forth Environment « Portable Network
Graphics « Portable Object Adapter « Portable
Operating System Interface » Portable Pixmap »
Portable Scheme Debugger » Portable Scheme
Interpreter
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