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"command"
],
[
"Unix",
"Unix"
],
[
"operating system",
"operating system"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) The character string \"#!\" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɪˈbæŋ(ɡ)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æŋ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hashbang"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"shebang"
],
"word": "shebang"
}
Download raw JSONL data for shebang meaning in English (9.5kB)
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"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: The character string \"#!\" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.",
"path": [
"shebang"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "shebang",
"trace": ""
}
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