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UNIX

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Text:

“Transmission” by Hari Kunzru, “He took long breaks, locked in the bathroom with a UNIX manual or standing on a gangway peeking down at the factory floor..."(44)

 

Explanation:

An operating system co-created by AT&T researchers Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. Unix is well known for its relative hardware independence and portable application interfaces. Large companies use Unix servers for its reliability and scalability.

 

Suggestions for further reading:

http://www.orafaq.com/glossary/faqglosu.htm

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

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