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• 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)...
• chain 1. vi. [orig. from BASIC's CHAIN statement] To hand off execution to a child or successor without going through the OS command interpreter that invoked it.
  The state of the parent program is lost and there is no returning to it....
• chain: 1. [orig. from BASIC's `CHAIN' statement] vi.
  To hand off execution to a child or successor without going through the {OS} command interpreter that invoked it....
• virtual shredder n. The jargonic equivalent of the bit bucket at shops using IBM's VM/CMS operating system.
  VM/ officially supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers, virtual printers, and other phantom device...
• virtual shredder: n. The jargonic equivalent of the {bit bucket} at shops using IBM's VM/CMS operating system.
  VM/CMS officially supports a whole bestiary of virtual card readers, virtual printers, and other phantom device...
• SEX - Spawn EXec (create child process)
• plumbing: [UNIX] n. Term used for {shell} code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another.
  Under UNIX, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell scrip...
• plumbing n. [Unix] Term used for shell code, so called because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of one program to the input of another.
  Under Unix, user utilities can often be implemented or at least prototyped by a suitable collection of pipelines and temp-file grinding encapsulated in a shell scrip...
• bounce v. 1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check] An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an error notification to the sender is said to `bounce'.
  See also bounce message. 2. [Stanford] To play volleyball....