What does UNIX stand for?

I didn't know that!!!

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The original pun (playing with the word "Multics") was OK, but I think the reason the name "Unix" really caught on among the original insiders was the added feature of its being a play on the word "eunich". I kind of wish that I could have been there.

According to Multics historian, 1960's MIT denizen and man on the spot, Tom Van Vleck http://www.multicians.org/unix.html:

We even knew that it had a joke name, Unix, coined by Brian Kernighan,
that was a reference to Multics. ("One of whatever Multics was many of"
or "Multics without balls.")

(When I finish my Time Machine project, I'm considering returning to the wondrous 60's. For computer history, of course, not the free love or the pharmaceuticals.)

Regards,

Dave

Hey, live a little...

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Cow: You're a lawyer too?
Mooseblood (mosquito): Ma'am, I was already a bloodsucking parasite. All I needed was a briefcase!