Unixoid

Unixoid

English

Etymology

Unix +‎ -oid

Adjective

Unixoid (comparative more Unixoid, superlative most Unixoid)

1. (computing, informal) Characteristic or reminiscent of Unix operating systems.

   Synonym: Unixy

   • 1996, Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker's Dictionary, third edition (page 459)

     Also used to refer to any or all varieties of Unixoid operating systems.

   • 2006, Benedikt Stockebrand, IPv6 in Practice: A Unixer's Guide to the Next Generation Internet (page 300)

     While this question is perfectly reasonable if the environment consists of large numbers of Microsoft Windows desktop machines and a few servers, in a Unixoid data center with lots of servers, or a Unix environment with a large number of workstations that are remotely operated using SSH, the answer to this question is obvious.

Noun

Unixoid (plural Unixoids)

1. (computing, informal) A Unix user.
   • 1995, G. Burgess Allison, The Lawyer's Guide to the Internet (page 339)

     From the perspective of erstwhile Unixoids, those are all toy operating systems, while Unix is what you use when you have real work to do […]