Linux

[ lin-uhksor, especially British, lin-ooks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Computers, Trademark.

an operating system, based on UNIX, that runs on many different hardware platforms and whose source code is available to the public.

linux

/ ˈlaɪnʌks /

noun

a nonproprietary computer operating system suitable for use on personal computers

Origin of Linux¹

First recorded in 1990–95; named after Linu(s) Benedict Torvalds (born 1969), Finnish software engineer + x as in UNIX ( def )

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