Definitions for EXEC
ɪgˈzɛkex·ec

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. White House, EXECnoun

   the chief executive department of the United States government

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. execnoun

   executive, executive officer

2. Etymology: Shortening of executive

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1. exec

   CMS EXEC, or EXEC, is an interpreted, command procedure control, computer scripting language used by the CMS EXEC Processor supplied with the IBM Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System (VM/CMS) operating system. EXEC was written in 1966 by Stuart Madnick at MIT on the model of CTSS RUNCOM. He originally called this processor COMMAND, and it was later renamed EXEC.CMS EXEC has been superseded by EXEC 2 and REXX. All three — CMS EXEC, EXEC 2 and REXX — continue to be supported by the IBM CMS product.

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1. exec

   Exec is short for "executive" and usually refers to a person who holds a senior-level management position in a business or organization. They have decision-making responsibilities and play a significant role in shaping the company's strategy and policy. In the context of computer programming, "exec" is also a common method or function that replaces the current process with a new process in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It essentially means to execute a command or a program.

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1. exec

   The exec collection of functions of Unix-like operating systems cause the running process to be completely replaced by the program passed as an argument to the function. As a new process is not created, the process identifier does not change, but the data, heap and stack of the original process are replaced by those of the new process. In the execl, execlp, execv, and execvp calls, the new process image inherits the current environment variables. Files open when an exec call is made remain open in the new process. This aspect is used to specify the standard streams of the new process. In MS-DOS environments, a program executed with one of the exec functions is always loaded into memory as if the "maximum allocation" in the program's executable file header is set to default value 0xFFFF. The EXEHDR utility can be used to change the maximum allocation field of a program. However, if this is done and the program is invoked with one of the exec functions, the program might behave differently from a program invoked directly from the operating-system command line or with one of the spawn functions. Many Unix shells also offer an exec built-in command that replaces the shell process with the specified program. Wrapper scripts often use this command to run a program after setting environment variables or other configuration. By using exec, the resources used by the shell program do not need to stay in use after the program is started.

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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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1. Exec

   Exec is house cleaning service you can book instantly from your iPhone or the web. It services San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, and Washington DC with plans to expand to other cities in the U.S.

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1. EXEC

   What does EXEC stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the EXEC acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Executive Department

How to pronounce EXEC?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say EXEC in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXEC in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXEC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of EXEC in a Sentence

1. Tristan Zier:

   At Exec, he was willing to scrub toilets for clients. At Cruise, he was willing to go out on mapping car runs in the middle of the night. He's a hard worker through and through, he's got the grit required for early stage startups.

2. Bryan Fuller:

   NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EXEC
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exec
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exec
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=EXEC
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Exec
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/exec