What...
...is it?
Cygwin is:
...isn't it?
Notes:
POSIX-
Portable Operating System Interface is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. POSIX defines the application programming interface (API), along with command line shells and utility interfaces, for software compatibility with variants of Unix and other operating systems.
...is it?
Cygwin is:
- a large collection of GNU(GNU's Not Unix!) and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.
- a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which provides substantial POSIX API functionality.
...isn't it?
- a method to run native Linux apps on Windows.
Notes:
POSIX-
Portable Operating System Interface is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. POSIX defines the application programming interface (API), along with command line shells and utility interfaces, for software compatibility with variants of Unix and other operating systems.
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