"sticky bit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sticky bits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sticky bit (plural sticky bits)
  1. (electronics) A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state. Categories (topical): Electronics
  2. (computing) A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept in memory after it terminates, but on modern systems used to determine which users can rename or delete the files in a directory. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-sticky_bit-en-noun-wcIOVIsX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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