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hambolic link /sham-bol'ik link/ n.
har file /shar' fi:l/ n. Syn. sharchive.
harchive /shar'ki:v/ n. [Unix and Usene
Share and enjoy! imp. 1.
hareware /sheir'weir/ n.
haring violation [From a file error common to several OSs] A response to receiving information, typically of an excessively personal nature, that you were probably happier not knowing.
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hebang /sh*-bang/ n. The character sequence "#!
that frequently begins executable shell scripts under Unix....
helfware /shelf'weir/ n.
hell [orig. Multics n. techspeak, widely propagated via Unix] 1.
[techspeak] The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system...
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....

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