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What (who) is fsck - definition

SYSTEM UTILITY (“FILE SYSTEM CONSISTENCY CHECK”) FOR CHECKING THE CONSISTENCY OF A FILE SYSTEM IN UNIX-LIKE OPERATING SYSTEMS (E.G. LINUX, MACOS, FREEBSD)
Fscked; Fscking; FSCKing; E2fsck; Filesystem check; Fscker; FSCK; FSCKER; FSCKING; FSCKer; FSCKed; E2FSCK; Fsck you; Fsck off; Go fsck yourself; File system consistency check

fsck         
1. <operating system> file system check. The Unix program that checks a file system for internal consistency and bad blocks etc. and can repair some faults. fsck is often used after a crash when the file system has been left in an inconsistent state, e.g. due to incomplete flushing of buffers. (1998-03-06) 2. <jargon> Used on Usenet newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery as substitute for "fuck" and became more main-stream after the Communications Decency Act. (1998-03-06)
fsck         
syn. the other f-word. orig. UNIX (file system check). Popular with hackers and geeks generally, particularly those connected with Linux.
fscking hell! I just vaporized this week's sales report!
FSCK         
File System Consistency checK (Reference: Unix)

Wikipedia

Fsck

The system utility fsck (file system consistency check) is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. The equivalent programs on MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows are CHKDSK and SCANDISK.