An Open Group specification introduced in 2002 and approved in 2003 that is based on a combination of IEEE POSIX and Version 3 of the Single UNIX Specification. It was the first update to the UNIX Product Standard family since 1997. See UNIX 98, Single UNIX Specification and Open Group.
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