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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Unix and various other similar or compatible operating systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Apparently from the wildcard *, indicating any sequence of characters, and Unix and Linux.
