"UX" meaning in English

See UX in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: UXes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} UX (countable and uncountable, plural UXes)
  1. Initialism of user experience. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: user experience Synonyms (user experience): UE Derived forms (user experience): UI/UX, UXD Related terms (user experience): UI Coordinate_terms: CX, DX, DevEx, EX
    Sense id: en-UX-en-noun-wxJmOlLS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'user experience': 74 26 Disambiguation of 'user experience': 74 26 Disambiguation of 'user experience': 74 26
  2. (computing) Initialism of Unix. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Unix Coordinate_terms: POSIX, Multics
    Sense id: en-UX-en-noun-K~VPLcDv Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Unix Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Unix: 22 78 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: A/UX [Unix], DG/UX [Unix], HP-UX [Unix] Derived forms: A/UX [Unix], DG/UX [Unix], HP-UX [Unix] Related terms: *nix [Unix], UN*X [Unix], unix [Unix], Unix [Unix], UNIX [Unix]

Inflected forms

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