elective

adj 1: subject to popular election; "elective official" [syn: {elected}]

[ant: {appointive}]

2: not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of

study"

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)