Unixism

English

Etymology

Unix +‎ -ism

Noun

Unixism (plural Unixisms)

1. (computing, informal) An idiom or behaviour that is characteristic of the Unix operating system.
   • 2000, Mark J. Hammond, Andy Robinson, Python programming on Win32, page 35:

     Another common Unixism that causes problems on Windows is the use of the select() function.

   • 2006, Joshua B. Smith, Practical OCaml, page 275:

     Note the term fork/exec is a Unixism that describes the way many applications first fork a child process and then use the exec system command to start another process.