Unixoid

English

Etymology

From Unix +‎ -oid.

Adjective

Unixoid (comparative more Unixoid, superlative most Unixoid)

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

   Synonyms: Unixish, Unix-like, 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 […]