command line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of command line
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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But all of that changes one fateful afternoon when Maddie receives a mysterious message written in emoji that somehow manages to pop up in her command line interface, of all places.
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
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
Describing each of these is outside the scope of this book, but you may want to try them out if the command line doesn't meet your needs.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
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