POSIX

Portable Operating System Interface

IEEE/ISO standard defining a portable OS API for Unix-like systems. Covers system calls, shell commands, threading (pthreads), file I/O, signals, and inter-process communication. Required by AUTOSAR Adaptive, QNX, and safety-critical RTOS platforms.

Document
IEEE 1003.1-2017 / ISO/IEC 9945
URL
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/
Label
Standard
Keywords
POSIX operating system API Unix pthreads file I/O signals IPC IEEE ISO RTOS

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