fsck
/fʌsk/
fsck noun: a *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.
Noun
fsck (plural fscks)
- A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.
Verb
fsck (third-person singular simple present fscks, present participle fscking, simple past and past participle fscked)
- To run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.
Interjection
- Fuck.
- 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, David D. Huff Jr., “Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake (Usenet) - What the fsck are you on?2002, Lev Lafayette, “Re: "We are all Africans under the Skin"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.white (Usenet)
- At some point in your Linux career you should ask yourself:
Forms of fsck
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fscks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fscks |
| present participle | fscking |
| past participle | fscked |
| past | fscked |
Origin of fsck
Abbreviation of file system check in imitation of fuck.
Words formed from fsck
Words that rhyme with fsck
Questions about fsck
- What does fsck mean?
- Fsck means a *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.
- What part of speech is fsck?
- Fsck can be a noun, a verb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce fsck?
- Fsck is pronounced /fʌsk/.
- What is the plural of fsck?
- The plural of fsck is fscks.
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