Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect is also useful for testing these same applications.

Programmed dialogue with interactive programs.

Expect is a Unix automation and testing tool, written by Don Libes, for interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, ssh, and others. With Tk, interactive applications can be wrapped in X11 GUIs.

To wait for; to await.

To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.

To wait; to stay.

consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"

EXPECT: A Reflective Architecture for Knowledge Acquisition in South California (US). [seems to be about Cognitive Sciences more than Computer Science

Expectation.