'Shebang' definitions:
Definition of 'shebang'
From: WordNet
noun
An entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'
Definition of 'Shebang'
From: GCIDE
- Shebang \She*bang"\, n. [Cf. Shebeen.]
- 1. A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop; a primitive dwelling; a shanty. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The structure of an object, process, organization, or anything viewed as complicated; -- used primarily in the phrase
- the whole shebang; as, it comes with unnecessary frills, but you have to buy the whole shebang. [informal] [PJC]
- 3. (computers) [Possibly derived from shell bang; the character ! is referred to in some computer contexts as bang.] The character sequence #!, which frequently begins shell scripts in a Unix system. [PJC]