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  2. sudo - Wikipedia

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    sudo (/ s uː d uː / [4]) is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that enables users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. [5] It originally stood for "superuser do", [ 6 ] as that was all it did, and this remains its most common usage; [ 7 ] however, the official Sudo project ...

  3. Wheel (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The wheel group is a special user group used on some Unix systems, mostly BSD systems, [citation needed] to control access to the su [4] [5] or sudo command, which allows a user to masquerade as another user (usually the super user). [1] [2] [6] Debian and its derivatives create a group called sudo with purpose similar to that of a wheel group. [7]

  4. List of computing mascots - Wikipedia

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    Sudo Sandwich: Sudo: A smiling sandwich [60] Suzanne: Blender: A monkey head [61] Syft: Syft, free and open-source software bill-of-materials command-line tool and Go library: A cute cartoon owl [62] Tux: Linux kernel, a free and open-source monolithic Unix-like computer operating system kernel that has been included in many OS distributions

  5. Shell (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system's services to a human user or other programs. In general, operating system shells use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), depending on a computer's role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is the outermost layer ...

  6. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    PC—Personal Computer; PCB—Printed Circuit Board; PCB—Process Control Block; PC DOS—Personal Computer Disc Operating System; PCI—Peripheral Component Interconnect; PCIe—PCI Express; PCI-X—PCI Extended; PCL—Printer Command Language; PCMCIA—Personal Computer Memory Card International Association; PCM—Pulse-Code Modulation

  7. Comparison of privilege authorization features - Wikipedia

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    A number of computer operating systems employ security features to help prevent malicious software from gaining sufficient privileges to compromise the computer system. . Operating systems lacking such features, such as DOS, Windows implementations prior to Windows NT (and its descendants), CP/M-80, and all Mac operating systems prior to Mac OS X, had only one category of user who was allowed ...

  8. Talk:sudo - Wikipedia

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    The sudo (super user do, / ˈ s uː d uː / or / ˈ s uː d oʊ / is also common) command is a program. Should reflect both usages, becoming The sudo (substitute user do or super user do, / ˈ s uː d uː /, though /ˈsuːdoʊ/ is also common) command is a program. And finally end this debate, letting exhausted Wikipedians rest. The above ...

  9. Software architecture - Wikipedia

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    Software architecture is the set of structures needed to reason about a software system and the discipline of creating such structures and systems. Each structure comprises software elements, relations among them, and properties of both elements and relations.