Eu ouvi
- executar comandos
- controle de recursos
- controle de execução
- configuração de tempo de execução
Pessoalmente, eu iria com o controle de execução, porque o ESR diz isso.
A nota de rodapé diz:
The ‘rc’ suffix goes back to Unix's grandparent, CTSS.
It had a command-script feature called "runcom". Early
Unixes used ‘rc’ for the name of the operating system's
boot script, as a tribute to CTSS runcom.
A Wikipedia escolhe "comandos de execução" como o formato longo padrão, mas admite que o contexto deve determinar a escolha de palavras.
While not historically precise, rc may also be pronou-
nced as "run control", because an rc file controls how
a program runs. For instance, the editor Vim looks for
and reads the contents of the .vimrc file to determine
its initial configuration. The most sensible pronunci-
ation depends on the function of the file: to start
something up, or to control how something starts up.