[10minutes]POSIX and POSIX compliance

POSIX (pronounced /ˈpɒzɪks/ POZ-iks) or "P ortable O perating S ystem I nterface [for Unix ]"[1] is the name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define the application programming interface (API), along with shell and utilities interfaces for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system, although the standard can apply to any operating system.

 

"POSIX compliance" is a less powerful label, and could merely mean that a product provides partial POSIX support. "POSIX compliance" means that documentation is available that shows which POSIX features are supported and which are not.