exec

n. Informal

1. An executive.
2. The executive officer of a unit of the armed forces.

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); term esp. used around mainframes, and prob.: derived from UNIVAC's archaic EXEC 2 and EXEC 8 operating systems.

3. At IBM and VM/CMS shops, the equivalent of a shell command file (among VM/CMS users).

The mainstream ‘exec’ as an abbreviation for (human) executive is not used. To a hacker, an ‘exec’ is always a program, never a person.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - direktør, chef

Nederlands (Dutch)
leidinggevende, uitvoerende

Français (French)
n. - dirigeant, cadre, cadre supérieur

Deutsch (German)
n. - leitender Angestellter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διοικητικό στέλεχος
abbr. - διοικητικό στέλεχος, (νομ.) εκτελεστής (διαθήκης κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
esecutivo

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - executivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
исполнитель, руководящий работник

Español (Spanish)
n. - ejecutivo

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - executive (committee), business executive
n. - exekutivkommitté, företagsledare, chef, verkställande medlem av styrelse etc.

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
经理

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 經理

한국어 (Korean)
n. - business Executive (간부)

日本語 (Japanese)
abbr. - 行政府, 幹部

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) مختصر : مدير متنفذ executive , وصي executor (الاسم) مدير متنفذ ذو منصب كبير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנהל, מוציא לפועל‬

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