POSIX

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POSIX

/ˈpɒz.ɪks/ UK
/ˈpɑz.ɪks/ US
/ˈpoʊ̯.sɪks/ US
/ˈpəʊ̯.sɪks/ UK

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abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface, a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between Unix variants.

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name computing: set of standards providing application portability between Unix variants

中文	可移植操作系統接口 /可移植操作系统接口 kěyízhí cāozuò xìtǒng jiēkǒu
Deutsch	POSIX

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@misc{posix_2026,
  title = {POSIX},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}