Usually means: First line specifying script's interpreter path.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word shebang:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. shebang: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shebang: Merriam-Webster
  3. shebang: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shebang: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shebang: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shebang: Vocabulary.com
  7. Shebang, shebang: Wordnik
  8. shebang: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shebang: Wiktionary
  10. shebang: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. shebang: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shebang: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shebang: Dictionary.com
  14. shebang: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Shebang (Unix), Shebang, The Shebang: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Shebang: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. shebang: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. shebang: Rhymezone
  19. Shebang: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. shebang: FreeDictionary.org
  21. shebang: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Shebang: The Word Detective
  23. shebang: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shebang: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Shebang (disambiguation), shebang: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SHEBANG: Acronym Finder
  2. shebang: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shebang: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See shebanging as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shebang)

noun:  (informal, US, archaic) A lean-to or temporary shelter.
noun:  (informal, US, archaic) A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.
noun:  (informal) Any matter of present concern; thing; or business; most commonly in the phrase "the whole shebang".
noun:  (informal, obsolete) A vehicle.
noun:  (computing) The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.

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