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ex⋅ec

  [ig-zek]
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–noun Informal.
an executive, esp. in business.
Origin:
1895–1900; by final shortening

exec.

 
1. executive.
2. executor.
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ex·ec   (ĭg-zěk')   
n.   Informal

  1. An executive.

  2. The executive officer of a unit of the armed forces.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
exec [ɛgˈzɛk]

  1. n.
    an executive. : The execs are well treated around here.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

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)

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
exec
executive
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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