Unixoid

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adjective

Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveUnixoid (comparative more Unixoid, superlative most Unixoid)

comparative more Unixoid · superlative most Unixoid

  1. informalcomputingCharacteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.

    Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems.

    1996, Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker's Dictionary, third edition, page 459
    1 more example

    While this question is perfectly reasonable if the environment consists of large numbers of Microsoft Windows desktop machines and a few servers, in a Unixoid data center with lots of servers, or a Unix environment with a large number of workstations that are remotely operated using SSH, the answer to this question is obvious.

    2006, Benedikt Stockebrand, IPv6 in Practice: A Unixer's Guide to the Next Generation Internet, page 300

    Synonyms: Unixish, Unix-like, Unixy

nounUnixoid (plural Unixoids)

plural Unixoids

  1. informalcomputingA Unix user.

    From the perspective of erstwhile Unixoids, those are all toy operating systems, while Unix is what you use when you have real work to do […]

    1995, G. Burgess Allison, The Lawyer's Guide to the Internet, page 339

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.

Origin

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APA

Unixoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Unixoid

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