4-letter words containing un
- unci — any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- unco — remarkable; extraordinary.
- undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- unef — United Nations Emergency Force
- uni- — consisting of, relating to, or having only one
- unis — university.
- unit — a single thing or person.
- univ — Univ is a written abbreviation for university which is used especially in the names of universities.
- unix — (operating system) /yoo'niks/ (Or "UNIX", in the authors' words, "A weak pun on Multics") Plural "Unices". An interactive time-sharing operating system invented in 1969 by Ken Thompson after Bell Labs left the Multics project, originally so he could play games on his scavenged PDP-7. Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of C, is considered a co-author of the system. The turning point in Unix's history came when it was reimplemented almost entirely in C during 1972 - 1974, making it the first source-portable OS. Unix subsequently underwent mutations and expansions at the hands of many different people, resulting in a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment. By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multi-user general-purpose operating system in the world. Many people consider this the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view). Unix is now offered by many manufacturers and is the subject of an international standardisation effort [called?]. Unix-like operating systems include AIX, A/UX, BSD, Debian, FreeBSD, GNU, HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, NEXTSTEP, OpenBSD, OPENSTEP, OSF, POSIX, RISCiX, Solaris, SunOS, System V, Ultrix, USG Unix, Version 7, Xenix. "Unix" or "UNIX"? Both seem roughly equally popular, perhaps with a historical bias toward the latter. "UNIX" is a registered trademark of The Open Group, however, since it is a name and not an acronym, "Unix" has been adopted in this dictionary except where a larger name includes it in upper case. Since the OS is case-sensitive and exists in many different versions, it is fitting that its name should reflect this.
- unto — to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- xfun — A polymorphic functional language which is a cross between SML and Russell, developed by S. Dalmas <[email protected]> of INRIA in 1991, and intended for computer algebra.
- yaun — /yawn/ Yet Another Unix Nerd. Reported from the San Diego Computer Society (predominantly a microcomputer users' group) as a good-natured punning insult aimed at Unix zealots.
- zuni — a member of a group of North American Indians inhabiting the largest of the Indian pueblos, in western New Mexico.