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Line 1: '''Unix''' (frequently typed as "UNIX"), today, is a catch-all name that may be used to describe any of a number of [[:Category:Operating Systems\|operating systems]] which are compliant to some degree with the [[POSIX]]~~-compliant~~ tostandard ~~some~~([https://www.iso.org/standard/50516.html ~~degree~~ISO/IEC 9945]) and/or [[wp:Single UNIX Specification\|the Single UNIX Specification ("SuS")]]. While the original UNIX was developed at [[Bell Labs]], the name today is applied to many of its direct descendants, as well as several operating systems and kernels which were inspired by it.▼ [[Category:Operating Systems]]▼ Note that an OS doesn't need to be fully ~~POSIX~~Unix-compliant to be considered Unix-like. The reverse is also true: a system can be ~~POSIX~~Unix-compliant without being Unix-like. Wikipedia has a brief discussion of Unix vs Unix-like [[wp:Unix-like~~#The term "Unix-like" and the UNIX trademark~~\|here]].▼ ▲'''Unix''' (frequently typed as "UNIX"), today, is a catch-all name that may be used to describe any of a number of [[:Category:Operating Systems\|operating systems]] which are [[POSIX]]-compliant to some degree. While the original UNIX was developed at [[Bell Labs]], the name today is applied to many of its direct descendants, as well as several operating systems and kernels which were inspired by it. ▲[[Category:Operating Systems]] ▲Note that an OS doesn't need to be fully POSIX-compliant to be considered Unix-like. The reverse is also true: a system can be POSIX-compliant without being Unix-like. Wikipedia has a brief discussion of Unix vs Unix-like [[wp:Unix-like#The term "Unix-like" and the UNIX trademark\|here]].