POSIX

POSIX (pronounced /ˈpɒzɪks/) or "Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix"] is the name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define the application programming interface (API), along with shell and utilities interfaces for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system, although the standard can apply to any operating system. Originally, the name "POSIX" stood for IEEE Std 1003.1-1988, released, as the na... more
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