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3 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., n. 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 a always a program, never a person. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: exec /eg-zek'/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. 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) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: EXEC 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)
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