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UN*X
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n. Used to refer to the Unix operating system (a trademark of AT&T, then of
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Novell, then of Unix Systems Laboratories, then of the Open Group; the
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source code parted company with it after Novell and was owned by SCO, which
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was acquired by Caldera) in writing, but avoiding the need for the ugly
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typography (see also (TM) ). Also used to refer to any or all varieties of
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Unixoid operating systems. Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement
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for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is
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entrenched anyhow. It has been suggested that there may be a psychological
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connection to practice in certain religions (especially Judaism) in which
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the name of the deity is never written out in full, e.g., YHWH or G--d is
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used. See also glob and splat out.
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