Linux
/ˈlɪnʌks
/ /ˈlʌɪnʌks/noun [mass noun] Computing, trademark
An open-source operating system modelled on UNIX.The unit and its hard drive can be accessed by any Windows, Mac, Linux or Unix client....
- In addition, Unix, Linux and Windows boxes can all be controlled via the same console.
- Customers finally have an incentive to actually test Linux and open source software.
Origin
1990s: from the name of Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 1969), a Finnish software engineer who wrote the first version of the system, + -x, as in Unix.
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