command line interface

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command line interface - a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an iconCLIuser interface, interface - (computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system

command line interface

(operating system)A means of communication between aprogram and its user, based solely on textual input andoutput. Commands are input with the help of a keyboard orsimilar device and are interpreted and executed by theprogram. Results are output as text or graphics to theterminal.

Command line interfaces usually provide greater flexibilitythan graphical user interfaces, at the cost of being harderfor the novice to use. Consequently, some hackers look downon GUIs as designed For The Rest Of Them.

See CLIF

See CLI

command line interface

Related to command line interface: graphical user interface

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noun a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon

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user interface
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