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English Dictionary: Executive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
executive
adj
  1. having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; "the executive branch"
n
  1. a person responsible for the administration of a business
    Synonym(s): executive, executive director
  2. persons who administer the law
  3. someone who manages a government agency or department
    Synonym(s): administrator, executive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, n.
      An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who
      administers the government, whether king, president, or
      governor; the governing person or body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, a. [Cf.F. ex[82]cutif.]
      Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect;
      as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or
      pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of
      affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties,
      officer, department, etc.
  
      Note: In government, executive is distinguished from
               legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to
               the organ or organs of government which make the laws;
               judicial, to that which interprets and applies the
               laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect
               or secures their due performance.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   executive
  
      The {command interpreter} or {shell} for an
      {operating system}.   The term is used especially around
      {mainframes} and probably derived from {UNIVAC}'s archaic
      {EXEC 2} and current (in 2000) {EXEC 8} {operating systems}.
  
      (2000-08-06)
  
  
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