Bash
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United States
The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
proper noun
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The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
- 2
The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
Etymology
Short for Bourne-again shell, a pun on the name of the Bourne shell, an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen R. Bourne, and the Christian concept of being "born again".
proper noun
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A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian.
Etymology
Reflecting a dialect in which /s/ assimilates to /ʃ/ before /tʃ/
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Bash · The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
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