Unix-like

See also: unix-like and Unixlike

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Unix +‎ -likeCategory:English terms suffixed with -like#UNIXLIKE.

Adjective

Unix-like (comparative more Unix-like, superlative most Unix-like)Category:English lemmas#UNIXLIKECategory:English adjectives#UNIXLIKECategory:English multiword terms#UNIXLIKECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNIXLIKECategory:Pages with entries#UNIX-LIKECategory:Pages with 1 entry#UNIX-LIKE

  1. (computingCategory:en:Computing#UNIXLIKE) Behaving similarly to Unix. Often used to describe systems which do not qualify for use of the Unix trademark.
    NetBSD provides its users with a free Unix-like system.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#UNIXLIKE
  2. (computingCategory:en:Computing#UNIXLIKE) Having design principles consistent with those of Unix.
    This program is much more Unix-like: it operates on standard I/O instead of prompting the user for filenames.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#UNIXLIKE

Usage notes

  • Unix-like is several times more common than Unixlike in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ (Unixlike*20),Unix-like at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ↑ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Further reading

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