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POSIX

Updated: 11/13/2018 by Computer Hope
portable operating system interface for unix

Short for portable operating system interface for Unix, POSIX is a set of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and ISO standards that define how Unix operating systems operate together and the command structure.

Computer abbreviations, IEEE, ISO, Operating system terms, POSIX time, Unix

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