"Unix time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Unix times [plural], UNIX time [alternative]
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  1. (computing, uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Computing, Unix Synonyms: POSIX time Translations (system for describing instants of time): heure Posix [feminine] (French), Unixzeit [feminine] (German), UNIX時間 (Yunikkusu jikan) (Japanese), UNIX時刻 (Yunikkusu jikoku) (Japanese), Unix-время (Unix-vremja) (Russian), tiempo Unix [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Unix_time-en-noun-fzwgO6Lu Disambiguation of Computing: 64 36 Disambiguation of Unix: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'system for describing instants of time': 74 26
  2. (computing, countable) An individual timestamp using this system. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-Unix_time-en-noun-pP9ziyxJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Alternative forms

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