Bash

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
See also: bash

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

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".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bash

  1. (computing) The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
    Bash stands for “Bourne-again shell”.
  2. (computer languages) The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
  3. Shortening of Sebastian.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Bash&oldid=70894988"