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bash
English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Bash.wav US
en æʃ 1
Etymology 1
Short for en Bourne-again shell, a pun on the name of the en Bourne shell, an earlier Unix shell designed by Stephen R. Bourne, and the Christian concept of being "born again".
Proper noun
en proper noun
en computing The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
en programming language The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
Derived terms
en bashism
Translations
computing: command interpreter for operating systems
Esperanto: eo Baŝo
Etymology 2
Reflecting a dialect in which /s/ assimilates to /ʃ/ before /tʃ/
Proper noun
en male Sebastian.
Anagrams
en abhs AHBs Bahs HABs HBAs Habs bahs habs shab