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Definition of Linux

1. Noun. An open-source version of the UNIX operating system.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linux

Literary usage of Linux

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of Open Source Licensing: A Challenge to the Use of Intellectual by Mikko Välimäki (2005)
"In a way, GNU/Linux works as an open network providing opportunities to ... Therefore, it is perhaps more appropriate not to take the GNU/Linux as a direct ..."

2. OECD Information Technology Outlook: ICTs and the Information Economy by Graham Vickery (2002)
"Linux Linux is a Unix-based operating system originally created in 1991 by Finnish ... However, as the code was developed, Linux gained a reputation for ..."

3. Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marcelo Bonilla (2004)
"Measuring qualitative and quantitative impacts: Design and implementation of online registration systems for telecentres using Linux platforms Julian ..."

4. To Our Mutual Advantage by Charles Leadbeater, Ian Christie (1999)
"Electronic consumer clubs, such as Linux, thrive on the enthusiasm of specialists and computer ... The Linux club, for example, started with Linus Torvalds, ..."

5. Software, Growth, and the Future of the U.S. Economy: Report of a Symposium by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson, Charles W. Wessner (2006)
"Asked about Linux, the vendor replied that the Europeans were moving into ... Dr. Varian posited that if running the cash register using Linux rather than ..."

6. Education Epidemic: Transforming Secondary Schools Through Innovation Networksby David H. Hargreaves by David H. Hargreaves (2003)
"The result was the rapid emergence of the new system, Linux, ... Many thousands of users have devoted time and energy to testing and improving Linux, ..."

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