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command line

American

[kuh-mand lahyn] / kəˈmænd ˌlaɪn /

noun

Computers.

an interface by which the user types in instructions to be carried out instantly by the operating system or other program.

Etymology

Origin of command line

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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Ellen and Maddie trying to figure out who’s speaking to them through the command line.

From The Verge • Sep. 6, 2022

Additionally, it revealed a simple command line that CIA officials used to launch attacks that compromised Macs and hack network switches from Cisco.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2020

Eric Lyons, a computational biologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson, uses the video-capture tool asciinema to record what he types into the command line, but lower-tech solutions can also work.

From Nature • Jan. 12, 2020

I asked them to set it in a monospaced, sans serif font, like a command line, and the production people did the rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019

Entering a command line will start a job.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

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