Bash
See also: bash
English
Etymology
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".
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æʃ
Proper noun
Bash
- (computing) the Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating system.
- Bash stands for “Bourne-again shell”.
- (computer languages) Scripting language provided with this interpreter.