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AIX

Operating System

AIX is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM since 1986. The name stands for Advanced Interactive eXecutive. Current versions are designed to work with Power ISA based server and workstation computers such as IBM's Power line.

Facts
Year
1986 1
Significance
First operating system to implement a journaling file system 1
Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: IBM AIX
  • Infobox, Initial release
    February 1986
  • Background
    AIX was the first operating system to implement a journaling file system.
  • entity record, description (license)
    AIX is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM since 1986.
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