Usually means: Standard for Unix-like operating systems.
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  1. POSIX: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

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Definitions from Wiktionary (POSIX)

▸ noun:  (computing) Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface: a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between UNIX variants.

Similar:
Unix, syscall, userland, Win32, errno, fifo, Cygwin, mutex, PCRE, dbu, more...

Opposite:
non-posix, non-standard, proprietary

Phrases:
posix threads, POSIX time, C POSIX library, Microsoft POSIX subsystem, Native POSIX Thread Library, more...

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Similar:
Unix, syscall, userland, Win32, errno, fifo, Cygwin, mutex, PCRE, dbu, more...

Opposite:
non-posix, non-standard, proprietary

Phrases:
posix threads, POSIX time, C POSIX library, Microsoft POSIX subsystem, Native POSIX Thread Library, POSIX terminal interface, more...



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