EXEC

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  EXEC
       n : the chief executive department of the United States
           government [syn: {White House}]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 always a program, never a person.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)