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• amp off vt. [Purdue] To run in background. From the Unix shell `&' operator.
• background: n.,adj.,vt. To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
  and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
• ee: n.,vt. [Purdue] A carbon copy of an electronic transmission.
  "Oh, you're sending him the {bits} to that? Slap on a tee for me....
• vaxherd: n. /vaks'herd/ [from `oxherd'] A VAX operator. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• hell out: [UNIX] n. To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program (e.
  g., a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang alone shells out....
• exec: /eg-zek'/ 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})...
• foreground: [UNIX] vt. To bring a task to the top of one's {stack} for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer tasks.
  If your presentation is due next week, I guess I'd better foreground writing up the design document....
• background n.,adj.,vt. [common] To do a task `in background' is to do it whenever foreground matters are not claiming your undivided attentio
  and `to background' something means to relegate it to a lower priority....
• can: vt. To abort a job on a time-sharing system. Used esp.
  when the person doing the deed is an operator, as in "canned from the {{console}}"....