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| 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. |
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| 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). | |||
Crosswords: EXEC |
| Specialty definitions using "EXEC": child process ♦ EXEC 2, EXEC 8 ♦ Fredette's Operating System Interface Language ♦ Lower House. (references) |
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| "EXEC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.00% of the time. "EXEC" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 72% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 24% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Unclassified Items | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "EXEC": exec 2 ♦ exec 8 ♦ EXEC tables. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "EXEC": auto-exec, non-exec, Teleada-exec. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "EXEC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | EXEC-tabel (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Dutch | exec-tabellen (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Finnish | EXEC-taulukot (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Greek | πίνακες EXEC (EXEC tables, executive tables), εκτελεστικοί πίνακες (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Hungarian | másodtiszt (executive officer), góré (boss), főnök (baas, boss, boss cocky, chief, guv, head, principal, superior). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | execay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tabelas EXEC (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Russian | выполнить (acquit, comp). (various references) | |
Spanish | tablas de ejecutivo (EXEC tables, executive tables). (various references) | |
Thai | นักบริหาร. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EXEC": execrable, execrableness, execrablenesses, execrably, execrate, execrated, execrates, execrating, execration, execrations, execrative, execrator, execrators, execs, executable, executables, executant, executants, execute, executed, executer, executers, executes, executing, execution, executioner, executioners, executions, executive, executives, executor, executorial, executors, executorship, executorships, executory, executrices, executrix, executrixes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "EXEC": coexecutor, coexecutors, nonexecutive, nonexecutives. (additional references) | |
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"EXEC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: axic, dxycp, ebec, edec, Eeac, eeoc, elec, Emec, epec, etec, ewec, exa, exac, exad, exag, exai, exc, exca, exce, excer, Exea, execu, exed, exeed, Exel, exem, exeq, exer, exess, exi, exia, exib, exice, exid, exin, exio, expec, expek, exte, extech, extep, exu, exus, exy, Iggfc, Mextech, oxic, sxek, Xic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-x" | |
-1 letter: cee. | |
-2 letters: ex. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-x" | |
+1 letter: excel, execs, xebec. | |
+2 letters: exceed, excels, except, excess, excide, excise, excite, excuse, expect, exsect, xebecs. | |
+3 letters: coexert, culexes, exacted, exacter, exceeds, excepts, excerpt, excided, excides, excimer, exciple, excised, excises, excited, exciter, excites, exclave, exclude, excreta, excrete, excused, excuser, excuses, execute, expects, exsects, lexemic. | |
+4 letters: cathexes, caudexes, cervixes, cineplex, coexerts, coextend, convexes, cortexes, exacters, exactest, excavate, exceeded, exceeder, excelled, excepted, excerpts, excessed, excesses, exchange, excimers, exciples, exciters, exclaves, excluded, excluder, excludes, excretal, excreted, excreter, excretes, excusers, execrate, executed, executer, executes, executor, exegetic, exercise, exigence, exigency, exocrine, exoergic, exorcise, exorcize, exoteric, expected, exsecant, exsected, iceboxes, oxpecker, precieux, sixpence. | |
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