See chmod on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From the name of the program for this purpose, short for \"change mode\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chmods",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chmodding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chmodded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chmodded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "chmod (third-person singular simple present chmods, present participle chmodding, simple past and past participle chmodded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010, Machtelt Garrels, Introduction to Linux (Third Edition) (page 93)",
"text": "Try this out by chmodding a directory 644!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory)."
],
"id": "en-chmod-en-verb-r1QfSPqX",
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"computing",
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"Unix",
"Unix"
],
[
"change",
"change"
],
[
"access",
"access"
],
[
"permission",
"permission"
],
[
"special",
"special"
],
[
"flag",
"flag"
],
[
"file",
"file"
],
[
"directory",
"directory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, Unix, Linux, transitive) To change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory)."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "chown"
}
],
"tags": [
"Unix",
"transitive"
],
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"computing",
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"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences",
"software"
]
}
],
"word": "chmod"
}
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"etymology_text": "From the name of the program for this purpose, short for \"change mode\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chmods",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chmodding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chmodded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "chmodded",
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{
"ref": "2010, Machtelt Garrels, Introduction to Linux (Third Edition) (page 93)",
"text": "Try this out by chmodding a directory 644!"
}
],
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"To change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory)."
],
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"Unix",
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"change",
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],
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"word": "chmod"
}
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