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exec

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ig-ˈzek\
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ig-ˈzek\

Definitions of exec word

  • noun exec An executive. 1
  • noun Definition of exec in Technology (language)   An early batch language for the IBM VM/CMS systems. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of exec /eg-zek'/ 1. execute. A synonym for chain derived from the Unix "exec" system call. 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. 1
  • countable noun exec Exec is an abbreviation for executive. 0
  • abbreviation EXEC executive 0
  • abbreviation EXEC executor 0

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Parts of speech for Exec

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exec popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for exec

noun exec

  • administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
  • boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
  • chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
  • director — a person or thing that directs.
  • leader — a person or thing that leads.

Antonyms for exec

noun exec

  • employee — A person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.
  • worker — a person or thing that works.

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