fsck

2 definitions found

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

  fsck
  
     1. <operating system> file system check.  The Unix program
     that checks a file system for internal consistency and bad
     blocks etc. and can repair some faults.
  
     fsck is often used after a crash when the file system has
     been left in an inconsistent state, e.g. due to incomplete
     flushing of buffers.
  
     (1998-03-06)
  
     2. <jargon> Used on Usenet newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery
     as substitute for "fuck" and became more main-stream after the
     Communications Decency Act.
  
     (1998-03-06)
  

fsck - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  FSCK
         File System Consistency checK (Unix)