Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unix time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: unix -time
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A widely used date and time representation that measures time by the number of nonleap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970.

Uncountable

noun

An individual timestamp using this system.

Countable

noun

Alternative form of Unix time.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Inflected Forms

Unix times (plural)

Synonyms

POSIX time

Questions

What does unix time mean?: A widely used date and time representation that measures time by the number of nonleap seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970.

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