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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  EXCH
       
           /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ To exchange two things, each for
          the other; to swap places.  If you point to two people sitting
          down and say "Exch!", you are asking them to trade places.
          EXCH, meaning EXCHange, was originally the name of a PDP-10
          instruction that exchanged the contents of a register and a
          memory location.
       
          Many newer hackers are probably thinking instead of the
          PostScript exchange operator (which is usually written in
          lowercase).
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1999-09-17)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  EXCH /eks'ch*/ or /eksch/ vt. To exchange two things, each for the
     other; to swap places. If you point to two people sitting down and say
     "Exch!", you are asking them to trade places. EXCH, meaning EXCHange,
     was originally the name of a PDP-10 instruction that exchanged the
     contents of a register and a memory location. Many newer hackers are
     {PostScript" rel="nofollow">probably thinking instead of the {PostScript exchange operator (which
     is usually written in lowercase).
  
  

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  exch.
     n.
     (abbr of en exchange)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Exch.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en exchange)
     2 (lb en United Kingdom) (abbreviation of en Exchequer)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  exch.
     n.
     (abbr of en exchange)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Exch.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en exchange)
     2 (lb en United Kingdom) (abbreviation of en Exchequer)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  exch.
     n.
     (abbr of en exchange)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Exch.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en exchange)
     2 (lb en United Kingdom) (abbreviation of en Exchequer)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  exch.
     n.
     (abbr of en exchange)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Exch.
     n.
     1 (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en exchange)
     2 (lb en United Kingdom) (abbreviation of en Exchequer)

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