exec

cadre, dirigeant

Personne occupant un poste élevé dans la direction d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation.

En anglais simple : A person with a high position managing a company or organization.

• A company exec called me.
• Several senior execs attended the meeting.
• The studio hired a new exec to manage its films.

Synonymes : executive, manager

Expressions courantes : senior exec, company exec, media exec

commandant en second

Officier qui est le principal adjoint du commandant.

En anglais simple : The officer who is the commander’s main assistant.

• The exec reported to the captain.
• Our new exec inspected the crew before departure.
• The captain left the exec in charge of the ship.

Synonymes : executive officer, second-in-command

Expressions courantes : ship exec, the new exec

exécuter

Lancer et faire fonctionner un programme informatique ou une commande.

En anglais simple : To start and run a computer program or command.

• The shell can exec another program.
• The service execs a script when it starts.
• Check the path before you exec the command.

Comment l'utiliser : exec something (The process will exec a new program.)

Synonymes : execute, run

Expressions courantes : exec a program, exec a command