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  • initialism computing Name of the Free Software Foundation's command interpreter (the "shell") for UNIX-like operating system.

Etymologies

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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".

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Examples

  • Brian at Gaijin Bash has a nice and simple before and after plum wine, and Blue Moon at Blue Lotus has a Slow Time in a love hotel!

    April Blog Matsuri! 2009

  • And now Dana Bash is back in the (NONSENSE NEWS) Was good that you got rid of that (ALEX C) clown today, he is a comedy act of the (GOP).

    RNC raises $8M in June 2009

  • Bash is such a terrible correspondant, so blattantly gop, it sickens me.

    Bash: Comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam 2009

  • Dana Bash is out on the campaign trail with McCain.

    CNN=Politics Daily 2008

  • Now that i've had the chance to talk to The Peeps about The Sitch it seems that The Bash is all about partaking in beer, excellent ribs and Mexican from that place just around the corner.

    Good! Nice. 2006

  • The annual July Pay-Per-View is now known as The Bash.

    REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009

  • The Bash is the one major occasion in my life when listening to records is still a social activity.

    Sharing Music the Old-Fashioned Way 2009

  • So because the foundation was already in place, we were able to begin helping -- mostly with Terry's driving force, we started a thing called the Bash for New York's Bravest, which is now -- now we've turned it into the Comedy Bash.

    CNN Transcript May 29, 2009 2009

  • The annual July Pay-Per-View is now known as The Bash.

    REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009

  • The annual July Pay-Per-View is now known as The Bash.

    REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009

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