command language

British

noun

computing the language used to access a computer system

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“It’s an illicit industry that operates around command language,” McFate said.

From Seattle Times

This amounts to demanding innovation in command language, which is like a demand in English to speak French.

From Forbes

Simba, however, answered them as quickly as he could subdue a pang of pain, and command language.

From Project Gutenberg

I might tell you that English was a superior communication tool—a really good command language for your cognitive operating system.

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By-and-by I shall be better able to command language in which to express my profound regret.

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