self-executingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈɛksᵻkjuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈɛksəˌkjudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, executing adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + executing adj.

†1. That condemns oneself to punishment or death. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1644 T. Case Gods Rising 30 The enemies and haters of God, may, and do, sin away a sin-preventing conscience, but they cannot sin away a sin-condemning, a self-executing conscience.

2. Law. Of a law, legal clause, etc.: not needing legislation to be enforced; applying automatically.

ΚΠ

1779 Honest Sentiments Eng. Officer on Army Great Brit. i. ii. 8 Perhaps it might be as easily and more advantageously supplied otherwise, by wise and self-executing regulations.

1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & My Freedom vi. 105 The self-executing laws of eternal justice follow close on the heels of the evil-doer here.

1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 4 Jan. Is the treaty with Mexico self-executing?

1903 Times 8 Dec. 5/ The award is self-executing on the vital points.

1962 Listener 15 Mar. 455/1 Not all the provisions of the treaty [of Rome] are of this so-called ‘self-executing’ character.

2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 June 78/1 It is true that international law and the UN Charter are full of flaws, are not self-executing, and are used frequently as fig leaves for the naked expression of power.

3. Computing. Of a file, program, etc.: designed to run automatically, without being directly initiated by the user; (also) that does not require another program, additional data, etc., in order to run.

ΚΠ

1980 M. Wunderlich Implementing Continued Fraction Algorithm on ILLIAC IV (U.S. Air Force Office of Sci. Res. Techn. Rep. TR-80-1084) 17 The program, which factored all these numbers, is a completely automatic, self-executing system, which was designed to use up all the idle time on the machine in the early morning hours and on weekends.

1995 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 4 June 2 h You can export this puzzle in a self-executing file and send it to someone else.

2013 G. O'Regan Giants of Computing xxviii. 131 The creation of the applet fundamentally changed Internet programming as it brought the world of dynamic self-executing programs into cyberspace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-executing
释义	self-executingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈɛksᵻkjuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɛksəˌkjudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, executing adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + executing adj. †1. That condemns oneself to punishment or death. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1644 T. Case Gods Rising 30 The enemies and haters of God, may, and do, sin away a sin-preventing conscience, but they cannot sin away a sin-condemning, a self-executing conscience. 2. Law. Of a law, legal clause, etc.: not needing legislation to be enforced; applying automatically. ΚΠ 1779 Honest Sentiments Eng. Officer on Army Great Brit. i. ii. 8 Perhaps it might be as easily and more advantageously supplied otherwise, by wise and self-executing regulations. 1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & My Freedom vi. 105 The self-executing laws of eternal justice follow close on the heels of the evil-doer here. 1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 4 Jan. Is the treaty with Mexico self-executing? 1903 Times 8 Dec. 5/ The award is self-executing on the vital points. 1962 Listener 15 Mar. 455/1 Not all the provisions of the treaty [of Rome] are of this so-called ‘self-executing’ character. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 June 78/1 It is true that international law and the UN Charter are full of flaws, are not self-executing, and are used frequently as fig leaves for the naked expression of power. 3. Computing. Of a file, program, etc.: designed to run automatically, without being directly initiated by the user; (also) that does not require another program, additional data, etc., in order to run. ΚΠ 1980 M. Wunderlich Implementing Continued Fraction Algorithm on ILLIAC IV (U.S. Air Force Office of Sci. Res. Techn. Rep. TR-80-1084) 17 The program, which factored all these numbers, is a completely automatic, self-executing system, which was designed to use up all the idle time on the machine in the early morning hours and on weekends. 1995 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 4 June 2 h You can export this puzzle in a self-executing file and send it to someone else. 2013 G. O'Regan Giants of Computing xxviii. 131 The creation of the applet fundamentally changed Internet programming as it brought the world of dynamic self-executing programs into cyberspace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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