Definitions

1. noun

A family of multi-user, multi-tasking operating systems that originated at the University of California, Berkeley, and was initially based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) version of Unix, developed by Bell Labs in the 1970s.

“The company uses Unix as its primary operating system.”

2. adjective

Relating to or characteristic of Unix or its operating systems.

“The Unix-based server handled the large amount of traffic without any issues.”