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.
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