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What Is POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) and It’s Relation with Linux?

What is POSIX? We hear this term in Linux and Unix world but do not understand the meaning of POSIX. POSIX is the short form of Portable Operating System Interface . Lets start explaining everything about the POSIX. IEEE POSIX Standard POSIX is a standard developed for Unix operating systems. At the old times Unix has … Read more

What Is Unix?

Unix operating system is the root of multi-tasking operating systems. We can call Unix as the first modern operating system that provides advanced operating system features like kernel, development tool, user and admin commands, multi-tasking, etc. Unix operating system is developed 1970’s in Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Richie, and others. Unix … Read more