meaning of executive

1. 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.
2. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
3. executive system> The command interpreter or shell for an operating system. The term is used especially around mainframes and probably derived from UNIVACs archaic EXEC 2 and current in 2000 EXEC 8 operating systems.

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