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xenix

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You submit a patch and someone says that it has a problem on Xenix 2.37.4 -- what do you do?

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(computing, historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

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noun

(computing, historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for xenix.

noun

(computing, historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

Example sentences

1

You submit a patch and someone says that it has a problem on Xenix 2.37.4 -- what do you do?

2

What useful stuff could really be done on Xenix - seems like such a low spec system to run a unix ish OS on.

3

Openssl uses their own memory allocator (since malloc is slow on big-endian x86 xenix or something) so they _do_ reuse memory without clearing it in between.

4

Can't comment on Linux, but we used to run Xenix on a 286.

5

SCO used to be a great company - I remember emailing YasminK about all sorts of Xenix and unix questions, and she always helped out.

6

I set up a number of small companies in the Philadelphia area with Foxbase running on Xenix with terminals on each desk connected to a cheapish PC.

Quote examples

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Or if that's not "true" enough, Xenix was a Unix for 8-bit systems.

Proper noun examples

1

Doesn't seem like such a crazy thought when you consider that MS used to sell Unix (Xenix, before it was sold to SCO).

2

My high school had 12 terminals on a TRS-80 Model 16 running Xenix.

3

I only started to use C for real when I started to work with Xenix.

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How do you use xenix in a sentence?

You submit a patch and someone says that it has a problem on Xenix 2.37.4 -- what do you do?

What does xenix mean?

(computing, historical) A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

What part of speech is xenix?

xenix is commonly used as noun.