/ɛksɛk/ EX-ek

Definitions

1. noun

a person who executes or carries out instructions, plans, or decisions, especially a person in a position of authority or responsibility

“The exec in charge of the project made the final decision to delay its release.”

2. verb

to carry out or execute instructions, plans, or decisions, especially in a position of authority or responsibility

“The team will exec the plan by the end of the week.”

3. verb

to remove or delete something, especially a file or program

“The user accidentally exec’d the important file and had to recover it from backup.”

4. verb

to run a program or command, especially in a computer operating system

“The user tried to exec the script but got an error message.”