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  2. sudo - Wikipedia

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    visudo is a command-line utility that allows editing the sudo configuration file in a fail-safe manner. It prevents multiple simultaneous edits with locks and performs sanity and syntax checks . Sudoedit is a program that symlinks to the sudo binary. [ 28 ]

  3. Privilege (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, privilege is defined as the delegation of authority to perform security-relevant functions on a computer system. [1] A privilege allows a user to perform an action with security consequences. Examples of various privileges include the ability to create a new user, install software, or change kernel functions.

  4. List of GNU Core Utilities commands - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of commands from the GNU Core Utilities for Unix environments. These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems. GNU Core Utilities include basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities. Coreutils includes all of the basic command-line tools that are expected in a POSIX system.

  5. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    2GL—second-generation programming language; 2NF—second normal form; 3GL—third-generation programming language; 3GPP—3rd Generation Partnership Project – 3G comms; 3GPP2—3rd Generation Partnership Project 2; 3NF—third normal form; 386—Intel 80386 processor; 486—Intel 80486 processor; 4B5BLF—4-bit 5-bit local fiber

  6. Bash (Unix shell) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, Bash (short for "Bourne Again SHell,") [6] is an interactive command interpreter and command programming language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. [7] Created in 1989 [ 8 ] by Brian Fox for the GNU Project , it is supported by the Free Software Foundation and designed as a 100% free alternative for the Bourne shell ( sh ...

  7. COBOL - Wikipedia

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    COBOL (/ ˈ k oʊ b ɒ l,-b ɔː l /; an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural, and, since 2002, object-oriented language.

  8. IBM COBOL - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, another popular textbook of the time, Stern and Stern's Structured COBOL Programming, tries to present an implementation-independent explanation of the language, but the appendix giving the full syntax of the language is explicitly for IBM COBOL, with its extensions to the language highlighted. [2]

  9. Command (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a command is a directive to a computer program to perform a specific task. It may be issued via a command-line interface or as input to a network service as part of a network protocol, or as an event triggered in a graphical user interface. Specifically, the term command is used in imperative programming languages.