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Linux

— noun an open-source version of the UNIX operating system

standard Adjective

— If something is standard, it is typical or usual. The store sells standard American food.

standard Noun

— A standard is a quality that is the minimum or usual. percent correct is the standard for an A at our school. — A standard is a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.

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base Noun

— Something's base is its lower part; the solid part that touches the floor or touches the earth and keeps the other parts of the thing up. — Something's base is its most important part. — A base is a building for military personnel and material.

base Adjective

— Rude, unfair, or unkind. The people who make those sex videos are really base.

base Verb

— When something or someone is based in a place, they do most of their work in that place. The airline is based in Toronto, but flies all over the world. — If you base x on y, you build or make x on, using, or to be like y. The movie is based on the book.

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