Editing POSIX (section)

==Name==
Originally, the name "POSIX" referred to IEEE Std 1003.1-1988, released in 1988. The family of POSIX standards is formally designated as '''IEEE 1003''' and the ISO/IEC standard number is [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] 9945.

The standards emerged from a project that began in 1984 building on work from related activity in the ''/usr/group'' association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JimIsaak - POSIX Impact|url=https://sites.google.com/site/jimisaak/posix-impact|access-date=15 September 2022 |website=sites.google.com|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Richard Stallman]] suggested the name ''POSIX'' to the IEEE<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/backgrounder.html |title=A Backgrounder on IEEE Std 1003.1 |at=Footnotes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The origin of the name POSIX. |url=https://stallman.org/articles/posix.html |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=stallman.org}}</ref> instead of the former ''IEEE-IX''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.usenix.org/legacy/bodinfo/login0207.html |title=An Update On Standards |first=Nicholas |last=Stoughton |journal=[[;login:]]}}</ref> The committee found it more easily pronounceable and memorable, and thus adopted it.{{cn|date=June 2024}}