exec
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Noun (1)
- the chief executive department of the United States governmentSynonyms: White House
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<language> An early batch language for the IBM VM/CMS systems.
[SC19-6209 Virtual Machine/ System Product CMS Command and Macro Reference, Appendix F. CMS EXEC Control Statements]. [Was EXEC 2 was a later version?]
(2000-08-06)
/eg-zek'/ <operating system> 1. execute.
A synonym for chain derived from the Unix "exec" system call.
Unix manual page: execve(2).
2.(Obsolete) executive.
The mainstream "exec" as an abbreviation for (human) executive is *not* used. To a hacker, an "exec" is a always a program, never a person.
3.At IBM and VM/CMS shops, the equivalent of a shell command file.
4.<operating system> The innermost kernel of the Amiga operating system which provides shared-library support, device interface, memory management, CPU management, basic IPC, and the basic structures for OS extension. The rest of the Amiga OS (windowing, file system, third-party extensions, etc.) is built using these structures. [Jargon File]
(1997-08-01)
The Jargon File
1.[Unix: from execute] Synonym for chain, derives from the exec(2) call.
2.[from executive] obs. The command interpreter for an OS (see shell); term esp. used around mainframes, and prob.: derived from UNIVAC's archaic EXEC 2 and EXEC 8 operating systems.
3.At IBM and VM/CMS shops, the equivalent of a shell command file (among VM/CMS users).
The mainstream ‘exec’ as an abbreviation for (human) executive is not used. To a hacker, an ‘exec’ is always a program, never a person.