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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Execution \Ex`e*cu"tion\, n. [F. ex['e]cution, L. executio,
exsecutio.]
1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to
completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as
the execution of a plan a work etc
The excellence of the subject contributed much to
the happiness of the execution. --Dryden.
2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully
inflicted; as the execution of a murderer.
A warrant for his execution. --Shak.
3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of
performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as the
execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
The first quality of execution is truth. --Ruskin.
4. (Law)
a The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court
of law.
b A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to
carry a judgment into effect; final process.
c The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument,
or giving it the forms required to render it valid;
as the execution of a deed, or a will
5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective
work -- usually with do
To do some fatal execution. --Shak.
6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] --Beau. & FL
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
execution
n 1: putting a condemned person to death [syn: {executing}, {capital
punishment}, {death penalty}]
2: the act of doing something successfully; using knowledge as
distinguished from merely possessing it "experience
generally improves performance" [syn: {performance}, {doing},
{carrying out}, {carrying into action}]
3: the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
4: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
"the agency was created for the implementation of the
policy" [syn: {implementation}, {carrying out}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
execution
system, programming> The process of carrying out
the {instructions} in a computer program by a computer.
See also {dry run}.
(1996-05-13)
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