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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>UN*X</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../U.html" title="U"/><link rel="previous" href="UDP.html" title="UDP"/><link rel="next" href="undefined-external-reference.html" title="undefined external reference"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">UN*X</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="UDP.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">U</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="undefined-external-reference.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="UN-asterisk-X"/><dt xmlns="" id="UN-asterisk-X"><b>UN*X</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Used to refer to the Unix operating system (a trademark of AT&T,
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then of Novell, then of Unix Systems Laboratories, then of the Open Group;
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the source code parted company with it after Novell and was owned by SCO,
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which was acquired by Caldera) in writing, but avoiding the need for the
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ugly ™ typography (see also <a href="../0/TM.html"><i class="glossterm">(TM)</i></a>). Also used
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to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems. Ironically,
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lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal
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force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow. It has been suggested
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that there may be a psychological connection to practice in certain
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religions (especially Judaism) in which the name of the deity is never
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written out in full, e.g., ‘YHWH’ or ‘G--d’ is
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used. See also <a href="../G/glob.html"><i class="glossterm">glob</i></a> and <a href="../S/splat-out.html"><i class="glossterm">splat out</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="UDP.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../U.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="undefined-external-reference.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">UDP<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>undefined external reference</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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