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   Lin·ux

   /ˈlinəks/

   

   noun

   • 1. an open-source operating system modelled on UNIX. trademark

   Word Origin 1990s: from the name of Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 1969), a Finnish software engineer who wrote the first version of the system, + -x, as in Unix.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • U

     1

   • X

     8

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