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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wheel bit</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="wheel.html" title="wheel"/><link rel="next" href="wheel-of-reincarnation.html" title="wheel of reincarnation"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wheel bit</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wheel.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wheel-of-reincarnation.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wheel-bit"/><dt xmlns="" id="wheel-bit"><b>wheel bit</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A privilege bit that allows the possessor to perform some restricted
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operation on a timesharing system, such as read or write any file on the
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system regardless of protections, change or look at any address in the
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running monitor, crash or reload the system, and kill or create jobs and
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user accounts. The term was invented on the TENEX operating system, and
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carried over to TOPS-20, XEROX-IFS, and others. The state of being in a
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privileged logon is sometimes called <span class="firstterm">wheel
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mode</span>. This term entered the Unix culture from TWENEX in the
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mid-1980s and has been gaining popularity there (esp. at university
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sites). See also <a href="../R/root.html"><i class="glossterm">root</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="wheel.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wheel-of-reincarnation.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">wheel </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> wheel of reincarnation</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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