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1 definition for Portable Operating System Interface

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :


  Portable Operating System Interface
       
           (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)

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