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Which of these is not a Unix Flavor?

1) BSD
2) MAC
3) AIX
4) None of the above

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Final answer:

MAC is not a Unix flavor; BSD and AIX are Unix flavors. 'MAC' by itself is not representative of a Unix-based operating system, unlike macOS which is Unix-based and includes BSD elements.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks which of the listed options is not a Unix flavor. BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive from IBM) are indeed Unix flavors. However, MAC is not commonly referred to as a Unix flavor. Although macOS, the operating system for Apple's Macintosh computers, is based on Unix and contains elements from BSD, the term 'MAC' by itself does not represent a Unix flavor. Therefore, the correct answer is MAC - option 2 is not a Unix flavor.

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