What is POSIX?

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What is POSIX?

What does POSIX stand for?

POSIX stands for "Portable Operating System Interface", which is a standards family created by the IEEE Computer Society. It defines both user-level application interfaces, such as APIs and software compatibility along Unix, Linux and other operating systems.

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