Editing IBM AIX (section)

{{short description|Series of Unix operating systems from IBM}}
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{{Infobox OS
| name = AIX
| logo = IBM AIX logo (2021).svg
| logo size = 200px
| screenshot = IBM AIX screenshot.Png
| caption = Screenshot of IBM AIX version 7.3
| developer = [[IBM]]
| source_model = [[Closed source]]; formerly [[source available]]
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] with [[loadable kernel module|dynamically loadable modules]]
| userland = [[POSIX]] / [[Single UNIX Specification|SUS]]
| supported_platforms = Current: [[Power ISA]]<br>Former: [[IBM ROMP]], [[IBM POWER instruction set architecture|IBM POWER]], [[PowerPC]], [[x86]] ([[IBM PS/2]]), [[System/370]], [[ESA/390]], [[IA-64]] ([[Itanium]])
| ui = [[KornShell]] (ksh88),<ref name="CannonTrent1999">{{cite book|author1=Casey Cannon|author2=Scott Trent|author3=Carolyn Jones|title=Simply AIX 4.3|year=1999|publisher=Prentice Hall PTR|isbn=978-0-13-021344-0|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=s-sh-command|title=sh Command|website=IBM Documentation|access-date=January 21, 2023}}</ref> [[Common Desktop Environment]],<br/>([[KDE Plasma Workspaces|Plasma Workspaces]] and [[GNOME]] optional)
| family = [[Unix]] ([[UNIX System V|System V]])
| released = {{Start date and age|1986|02}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/blogs/prenessa-lowery1/2021/01/26/35-years-of-innovation|title=35 Years of Innovation|author=Prenessa Lowery|publisher=IBM|date=2021-02-23|access-date=2021-02-24|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311182158/https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/blogs/prenessa-lowery1/2021/01/26/35-years-of-innovation|url-status=live}}</ref>
| latest_release_version = 7.3 TL2<ref name="AIX73TL2">{{Cite web |date=November 2023 |title=AIX 7.3 Release Notes|url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=aix-release-notes |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.ibm.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|2023|11}}
| marketing_target = [[Workstation]], [[Server (computing)|Server]]
| programmed_in = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| updatemodel = 
| package_manager = 
| working_state = Current
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|ibm.com/products/aix}}
}}
{{History of IBM mainframe operating systems|unix}}
'''AIX''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˌ|eɪ|.|aɪ|.|ˈ|ɛ|k|s|}} {{respell|ay|eye|EKS}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tehtable.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/unix-pronunciation|title=Unix Pronunciation|date=January 29, 2010|website=wordpress.com|access-date=November 18, 2011|archive-date=October 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028130600/http://tehtable.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/unix-pronunciation/|url-status=live}}</ref>) is a series of [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Unix]] [[operating system]]s 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 (computing)|server]] and [[workstation]] computers such as IBM's [[IBM Power Systems|Power]] line.