fsck
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of file system check.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʌsk/, /f(ə)sk/, /f͡sk/, [f͡s̪k], [ɸ͡sk], [ɸ͡s̪k]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌsk
Noun
fsck (countable and uncountable, plural fscks)
- (computing) A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.
Proper noun
fsck
- (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)
- (computing, transitive) To run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.
Interjection
fsck
- (computing, Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar, euphemistic) Fuck.
- 2002, David D. Huff Jr., Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings, alt.os.linux.mandrake,
- 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", alt.politics.nationalism.white,
- 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...
- 2002, David D. Huff Jr., Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings, alt.os.linux.mandrake,
Anagrams
- f*cks