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sticky bit

noun

Definitions

  1. A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains…

    A fault in a digital circuit, where a signal does not change as expected, but remains always in one state.

  2. A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept…

    A flag applied to an inode, formerly indicating that an executable program should be kept in memory after it terminates, but on modern systems used to determine which users can rename or delete the files in a directory.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sticky bit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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