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• hell out vi. [Unix] 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....
• bang: 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001), especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.
  In {elder days} this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}...
• bang 1. n. Common spoken name for ! (ASCII 0100001), especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish.
  In elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek...
• box: n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `UNIX box', `MS-DOS box', etc.
  ) "We preprocess the data on UNIX boxes before handing it up to the mainframe....
• domainist: /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. Said of an {{Internet address}} (as opposed to a {bang path}) because the part to the right of the `@' specifies a nested series of `domains'
  for example, esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com....
• pound on: vt. Syn. {bang on}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• hebang /sh*-bang/ n. The character sequence "#!
  that frequently begins executable shell scripts under Unix....
• 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....
• plingnet: /pling'net/ n. Syn. {UUCPNET}. Also see {{Commonwealth Hackish}}, which uses `pling' for {bang} (as in {bang path}).
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...