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Bash.

The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. The Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating systems.

  2. 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".

name
  1. 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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