exec

4 definitions found

exec - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  EXEC
      n 1: the chief executive department of the United States
           government [syn: White House, EXEC]

exec - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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'/ <operating system> 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. <operating system> 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)
  

exec - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  exec
   /eg.zek'/, /eks'ek/, 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.