Bash
See also: bash
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Rhymes: -æʃ
Proper noun edit
Bash
- (computing) The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
- Bash stands for “Bourne-again shell”.
- (computer languages) The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
- Shortening of Sebastian.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
computing: command interpreter for operating systems
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