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Command-line interface facts for kids

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A means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).

Images for kids

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    Screenshot of a sample Bash session in GNOME Terminal 3, Fedora 15

  • Windows PowerShell 1.0 PD

    Screenshot of Windows PowerShell 1.0, running on Windows Vista

  • Gem 11 Desktop

    A graphical user interface with icons and windows (GEM 1.1 Desktop)

  • Apple Unix with Netscape

    Apple Computer's CommandShell in A/UX 3.0.1

  • GNUOctave430

    GNU Octave's GUI with command-line interface

  • Version 7 UNIX SIMH PDP11 Kernels Shell

    Bourne shell interaction on Version 7 Unix

  • Hard reset BBC Micro 32K Acorn DFS

    Prompt of a BBC Micro after switch-on or hard reset

  • RT-11 help

    The end of the HELP command output from RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100

  • TTY33ASR

    A Teletype Model 33 ASR teleprinter keyboard with punched tape reader and punch

  • Terminal-dec-vt52

    DEC VT52 terminal

See also

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