UNIX, multiuser computer operating system. UNIX is widely used for Internet servers, workstations, and mainframe computers. UNIX was developed by AT&T Corporation’s Bell Laboratories in the late 1960s as a result of efforts to create a time-sharing computer system.

Is Unix An example of operating system?

Unix is a family of multitasking, portable, multi-user computer operating systems, which also have time-sharing configurations.

Is Unix not an operating system?

Strictly put, Unix is not exactly an operation system – it’s a family of operation systems, derived from the first one developed in 1969, and is not a PC operating System.