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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

tux
    n 1: semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket,
         tux, tuxedo, black tie]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tux \tux\
   Shortened form of tuxedo. [informal]
   [PJC] Tuxedo

3. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

TUX
       Torvalds UniX (Linux), "Tux"

4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

Tux


    Tux the Penguin is the official emblem of Linux, This eventuated after a
    logo contest in 1996, during which Linus Torvalds endorsed the idea of a
    penguin logo in a couple of famously funny postings. Linus explained that
    he was once bitten by a killer penguin in Australia and has felt a special
    affinity for the species ever since. (Linus has since admitted that he was
    also thinking of Feathers McGraw, the evil-genius penguin jewel thief who
    appeared in a Wallace & Grommit feature cartoon, The Wrong Trousers.)

    Larry Ewing designed the official Tux logo. It has proved a wise choice,
    amenable to hundreds of recognizable variations used as emblems of
    Linux-related projects, products, and user groups. In fact, Tux has spawned
    an entire mythology, of which the Gospel According to Tux and the mock-epic
    poem Tuxowolf are among the best-known examples.

    There is a ?real? Tux ? a black-footed penguin resident at the Bristol Zoo.
    Several friends of Linux bought a zoo sponsorship for Linus as a birthday
    present in 1996.

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