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ex·ec    Audio Help   [ig-zek] Pronunciation Key
–noun Informal.
an executive, esp. in business.

[Origin: 1895–1900; by final shortening]
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ex·ec    Audio Help   (ĭg-zěk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Informal
  1. An executive.
  2. The executive officer of a unit of the armed forces.

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exec

noun
the chief executive department of the United States government [syn: White House

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EXEC 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)

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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.
[The Jargon File]
(1997-08-01)

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exec
executive

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