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Definition: EXEC


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The chief executive department of the United States government.[Wordnet].
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"Exec" is a common misspelling or typo for: execs.

Date "Exec" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Specialty Definition: EXEC

Domain	Definition
Computing	Exec /eg-zek'/ or /eks'ek/ vt., 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. Source: Jargon File.
Aerospace	Execute. (references)
Technology	Executive Subsystem. (references)
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Common Expressions: EXEC

Expressions	Definition
EXEC 8	EXEC 8 (sometimes referred to as EXEC VIII) was UNIVAC's operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1108. It combined the best features of the earlier operating systems: EXEC I and EXEC II. (references)
EXEC I	EXEC I was UNIVAC's original operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1107. (references)
EXEC II	EXEC II was an operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1107 by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) while under contract to UNIVAC to develop the machine's COBOL compiler. They developed EXEC II because Univac's EXEC I operating system development was late. Because of this the COBOL compiler was actually designed to run under EXEC II, not EXEC I as specified in the original contract. (references)
Exec Shield	Exec Shield is a security patch for the Linux kernel that adds an NX bit to x86 CPUs. It was developed by Ingo Molnar of Red Hat, and is used as a part of Fedora Core 1, 2 and 3. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: EXEC

Expressions	Domain	Definition
EXEC 2	Computing	EXEC 2 1. A scripting language produced by IBM in the late 1970s. Superseded by REXX. [SC24-5219, "Virtual Machine/System Product EXEC 2 Reference"]. [Successor to EXEC 1? With or without a space?] 2. An archaic operating system from UNIVAC. By about 1980 it had been replaced by EXEC 8. [Dates? Did EXEC 3 to EXEC 7 exist?] (2000-08-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
EXEC 8	Computing	EXEC 8 Unisys's operating system from about 1980 to 2000, by which time it was a dying breed with Unisys moving to Windows NT and Unix. [Was 8 the successor to EXEC 2?] (2000-08-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
EXEC tables	Post & Telecom	The tables used by the "exec" to schedule jobs to execution. Source: European Union. (references)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: EXEC

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
EXEC	English	Execute	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).				Top

Extended Definition: EXEC

Exec

Exec may refer to:

Exec, short for "executive officer"
Exec, an operating system function for running a program
Exec (Amiga), the OS kernel of Amiga computers
EXEC, an interpreted command procedure control language for IBM's VM/CMS operating system
EXEC 2, an interpreted command procedure control language for IBM's VM/CMS operating system
EXEC I, the original operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1107
EXEC II, an operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1107
EXEC 8, a.k.a. EXEC VIII, an operating system developed for the UNIVAC 1108
A family of kit helicopters produced by RotorWay International

Translations: EXEC

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian	vykonavatel (administrator, executor, performer, bailiff, exec), úředník (clerk, officer, official, reeve, civil servant). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish	EXEC-tabel (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai	นักบริหาร (exec). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina	vykonavatel (administrator, executor, performer, bailiff, exec), úředník (clerk, officer, official, reeve, civil servant). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified	实行 (carry out, implement, to put into practice, effectuate, effectuation), 候补的行政人员 (backup exec). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional	實行 (carry out, implement, to put into practice, execute, fulfil), 候補的行政人員 (backup exec), 執行敘述 (execute statement, exec statements). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech	vykonavatel (administrator, executor, performer, bailiff, exec), úředník (clerk, officer, official, reeve, civil servant). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish	EXEC-tabel (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk	EXEC-tabel (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch	Netzwerksicherungsdienst (backup exec agent, backup exec publisher). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish	EXEC-taulukot (exec tables, executive tables), Varmuuskopiointiagentti (backup exec agent). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Français	executor (exec), exécuteur testamentaire (executor, exec, estate executor, testamentary executor), Agent de sauvegarde (backup exec agent). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
French	executor (exec), exécuteur testamentaire (executor, exec, estate executor, testamentary executor), Agent de sauvegarde (backup exec agent). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
German	Netzwerksicherungsdienst (backup exec agent, backup exec publisher). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek	πίνακες EXEC (exec tables, executive tables), εκτελεστικοί πίνακες (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration)	pinakes exec (exec tables, executive tables), ektelestikoi pinakes (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	간부 (adulterer, cadre, executive, exec, paramour, paramour), 실행 (execution, doing, practice, deed, fulfillment). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	간부 (adulterer, cadre, executive, exec, paramour, paramour), 실행 (execution, doing, practice, deed, fulfillment). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
High German	Netzwerksicherungsdienst (backup exec agent, backup exec publisher). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch	Netzwerksicherungsdienst (backup exec agent, backup exec publisher). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian	másodtiszt (exec, executive officer), góré (exec, boss), főnök (boss, boss cocky, exec), fõnök (boss, boss cocky, exec, head, principal). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	エグゼック (exec), 役員 (officer, official, staff, executive, director). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	간부 (adulterer, cadre, executive, exec, paramour, paramour), 실행 (execution, doing, practice, deed, fulfillment). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar	másodtiszt (exec, executive officer), góré (exec, boss), főnök (boss, boss cocky, exec), fõnök (boss, boss cocky, exec, head, principal). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian	EXEC-feil (exec failure). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish	uzupelnienie (complement, ground exec, integration, putative class action, supplement), szef sztabu jednostki wojsk ladowych (ground exec), oficer wykonawczy sluzb naziemnych (ground exec), szef sztabu jednostki sil powietrznych (air exec). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch	uzupelnienie (complement, ground exec, integration, putative class action, supplement), szef sztabu jednostki wojsk ladowych (ground exec), oficer wykonawczy sluzb naziemnych (ground exec), szef sztabu jednostki sil powietrznych (air exec). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski	uzupelnienie (complement, ground exec, integration, putative class action, supplement), szef sztabu jednostki wojsk ladowych (ground exec), oficer wykonawczy sluzb naziemnych (ground exec), szef sztabu jednostki sil powietrznych (air exec). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese	tabelas EXEC (exec tables, executive tables), falha de exec (exec failure). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi	EXEC-fel (exec failure). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian	выполнить (execute, acquit, comp, exec, fulfil). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration)	vypolnitʹ (execute, acquit, comp, exec, fulfil). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki	выполнить (execute, acquit, comp, exec, fulfil). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration)	vypolnitʹ (execute, acquit, comp, exec, fulfil). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese	นักบริหาร (exec). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland	EXEC-tabel (exec tables, executive tables). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	tablas de ejecutivo (exec tables, executive tables), fallo de exec (exec failure), editor de ejecución de backup (backup exec publisher), agente de ejecución de backup (backup exec agent). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai	นักบริหาร (exec). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea	EXEC-taulukot (exec tables, executive tables), Varmuuskopiointiagentti (backup exec agent). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi	EXEC-taulukot (exec tables, executive tables), Varmuuskopiointiagentti (backup exec agent). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska	EXEC-fel (exec failure). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish	EXEC-fel (exec failure). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai	นักบริหาร (exec). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang	นักบริหาร (exec). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish	Çalıştır (exec, run), EXEC yordamı (exec procedure). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, exec. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).		Top

Language	Translations for “exec” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	athagexec (exec). Additional references: Athag, exec. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	agexec (exec). Additional references: Double Dutch, exec. (volunteer)
Leet	&><&< (exec). Additional references: Leet, exec. (volunteer)
Oppish	opexec (exec). Additional references: Oppish, exec. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	execway (exec). Additional references: Pig Latin, exec. (volunteer)
Terran B	mőoşti (exec). Additional references: Terran B, exec. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	ubexec (exec). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, exec. (volunteer)
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Topics by Level of Interest: EXEC
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Exec	24	Backup Exec	8
Exec Shield	9	Canada's Next Top Ad Exec	4
Exec (operating system)	9	Christmas Tree EXEC	4
Backup Exec	8	CMS EXEC	3
RotorWay Exec 162F	7	Exec	24
UNIVAC EXEC II	4	Exec (operating system)	9
UNIVAC EXEC 8	4	EXEC 2	3
Christmas Tree EXEC	4	Exec Shield	9
UNIVAC EXEC I	4	RotorWay Exec 162F	7
Canada's Next Top Ad Exec	4	UNIVAC EXEC 8	4
CMS EXEC	3	UNIVAC EXEC I	4
EXEC 2	3	UNIVAC EXEC II	4
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).