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Meaning of Unixism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system.

informal

Examples

“Another common Unixism that causes problems on Windows is the use of the select() function.”
“Note the term fork/exec is a Unixism that describes the way many applications first fork a child process and then use the exec system command to start another process.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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