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Emacs

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Extensible, customisable text editor with a history spanning over four decades

Pronunciation

Correct

EE-maks

/ˈiːmæks/

Stands for 'Editor MACroS' (originally). Pronounced with a long 'ee' and a short 'a' in 'maks'. The GNU Emacs documentation and community universally use this pronunciation.

Source: www.gnu.org(community consensus)

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