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UNIX

Question: Where does the name Unix originate from?

  • a pun on the name Multics
  • a play on the word Eunuch, related to some missing chips
  • a typographical error related to the word ‘unit’
  • a circular derivation from Uni-Zygote, a biological phrase



Answer: a pun on the name Multics

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