[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

portable operating system interface
     
         posix a set of ieee standards
        designed to provide application portability between unix
        variants.  ieee 1003.1 defines a unix-like operating system
        interface, ieee 1003.2 defines the shell and utilities and
        ieee 1003.4 defines real-time extensions.
     
        "more unix for dummies", isbn: 1-56884-361-5 says it stands
        for "portable operating system interface with an x thrown in
        to make it sound cooler."
     
        1997-12-04
     
     
see also:
ieee application portability unix shell real-time 

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