Linux

Linux definition - telecom
A UNIX-like computer operating system (OS) developed by Linus Torvalds, and numerous collaborators worldwide, that was designed to run on PCs powered by Intel processors. Linux is free, open source software that anyone can modify, although at one's own risk. Many companies package the Linux kernel with a number of utilities and other programs into commercial versions that include documentation and support. See also kernel, open source, OS, program, UNIX, and utility.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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