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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) exec
an executive, esp. in business.

Etymology: (1895–1900; by final shortening)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) White House, EXEC
the chief executive department of the United States government

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The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. EXEC
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.

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