command line

American  

[kuh-mand lahyn] / kəˈmænd ˌlaɪn /

noun

Computers.

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

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Etymology

Origin of command line

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Video games have taught me that hacking mainly involves two things: capturing little computer-shaped nodes and typing in a command line.

From The Verge • Nov. 15, 2021

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

Jupyter Notebook is not particularly accessible to researchers who might be uncomfortable using a command line, Brown says, but there are more user-friendly platforms that can bridge the gap, including Terra and Seven Bridges Genomics.

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

In all three cases, exit the mail program to return to your host system's command line.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation