Bash

See also: bash

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æʃ

Etymology 1

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

Bash

  1. (computing) The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
  2. (computer languages) The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
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Etymology 2

Reflecting a dialect in which /s/ assimilates to /ʃ/ before /tʃ/

Proper noun

Bash

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian.

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