What is meant by unix operating system?



What is meant by unix operating system?..

Answer / Joshil Murmu

UNIX is a family of multitasking, multi-user operating systems descended from an early system called AT&T UNIX, developed at Bell Labs. It is characterized by its modular design and use of the C programming language.

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