Bash.
The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
Meaning & usage
The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.
The scripting language provided with this interpreter.
Where this word comes from
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".
A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian.
Where this word comes from
Reflecting a dialect in which /s/ assimilates to /ʃ/ before /tʃ/
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