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UNIX - What Is It?

  1. UNIX is an operating system for computers
  2. UNIX is an operating system for computers. An operating system is the software that allows use to use a computer - it is the interface between you and the computer hardware.
  3. There are many other operating systems in the computer world, such as MS-DOS, IBM’s OS/2, Microsoft’s Windows NT, and Digital Equipment Corporation’s VMS operating system.


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