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EXE /eks'ee/ Or /eek'see/ Or /E-X-E/ N. An Executable Binary File.
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EXE /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n.
An executable
binary file. Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and
TWENEX) use the extension .EXE to mark such files. This usage is
also occasionally found among Unix programmers even though Unix
executables don't have any required suffix.
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EXE: /eks'ee/ or /eek'see/ or /E-X-E/ n. An executable binary file.
Some operating systems (notably MS-DOS, VMS, and TWENEX) use the extension ....
MS-DOS:: /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n.
A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is said to have regretted it ever since....
TWENEX /twe'neks/ n. The TOPS-20 operating system by DEC -- the second proprietary OS for the PDP-10 -- preferred by most PDP-10 hackers over TOPS-10 (that i
by those who were not ITS or WAITS partisans). TOPS-20 began in 1969 as Bolt, Beranek &...
LPT /L-P-T/ or /lip'it/ or /lip-it'/ n. 1. Line printer (originally Line Printing Terminal).
Rare under Unix, more common among hackers who grew up with ITS, MS-DOS, CP/M and other operating systems that were strongly influenced by early DEC conventions....
MS-DOS /M-S-dos/ n. [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] A clone of CP/M for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson at Seattle Computer Produc
who called the original QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) and is said to have regretted it ever since....
cat [from `catenate' via Unix cat(1)] vt. 1. [techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or some other output sink without pause.
2. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at an unprepared target or with no intention of browsing it carefully....
cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt. 1.
[techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or some other output sink without pause....
wallpaper n. 1. A file containing a listing (e.g.
assembly listing) or a transcript, esp. a file containing a transcript of all or part of a login session....
wallpaper: n. 1. A file containing a listing (e.g., assembly listing) or a transcript, esp.
a file containing a transcript of all or part of a login session....