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Meaning of Linux in English
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪnəks/
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Noun
Linux
Etymology
1990s: from the name of Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 1969), a Finnish software engineer who wrote the first version of the system, + -x, as in Unix
Definitions
1.
an open-source version of the UNIX operating system