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What does Linux mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Linux? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An open-source computer operating system kernel.
  2. Any operating system that uses this kernel.
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Real-time FIFOs are queues that can be read from and written to by Linux processes.
Now, your Linux directory listing should show up graphically in your web browser.
The appliance uses a modified version of Linux for PowerPC and provides an amazing set of features.
The LinuxBIOS build process bears little resemblance to the Linux kernel build process.
Citylink has found that Linux readily is adaptable to whatever the company needs it to do.
If the Linux machine can access the remote files, all archiving is done with the zip command.

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