Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Unix name evolved by combination of two terms 'unics' and 'multics'

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

The name 'Unix' originally was 'Unics' standing for 'Uniplexed Information and Computing Service', a pun on 'Multics' (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service). Multics was a complex operating system project that Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie had worked on. The name evolved through common usage to Unix.

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