fsck

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English

Etymology

Abbreviation of file system check.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʌsk/, /f(ə)sk/, /f͡sk/, , ,
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌsk

Noun

fsck (countable and uncountable, plural fscks)

  1. (computing) A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.

Proper noun

fsck

  1. (computing) The tool, fsck, that performs a fsck.

Verb

fsck (third-person singular simple present fscks, present participle fscking, simple past and past participle fscked)

  1. (computing, transitive) To run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.

Interjection

fsck

  1. (computing, Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar, euphemistic) Fuck.
    • 2002, David D. Huff Jr., “Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake‎ (Usenet):
      At some point in your Linux career you should ask yourself:
      "If there are 3.4 million successful, happy Mandrake users...what the fsck is wrong with me?"
    • 2002, Lev Lafayette, “Re: "We are all Africans under the Skin"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.white‎ (Usenet):
      What the fsck are you on?
    • 2003, Agelmar, Re: SSH problem, alt.roundtable,
      At least I know what the fsck is going on with Slack...

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