Definition of Command line interface

1. Noun. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.

Exact synonyms: Cli
Generic synonyms: Interface, User Interface

Definition of Command line interface

1. Noun. (computing) A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images. Abbreviated as CLI. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Command Line Interface

comma bundle of Schultze
comma splice
comma splices
comma tract of Schultze
commaless
commalike
command
command-line interpreter
command economies
command economy
command guidance
command key
command language
command line
command line interface (current term)
command line interfaces
command lines
command module
command overhead
command pattern
command patterns
command performance
command post
command processing overhead
command processing overhead time
command prompt
commandable
commandant
commandants

Literary usage of Command line interface

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"Use the Graphical Interface or the command line interface You can still use the command line as you did in previous releases. However, you can also use the ..."

2. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"The %1 argument is the filename passed to the application's command line interface. \Shell\Print\Command The command line executed when the user prints a ..."

3. Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Resources: The Role of the edited by Catharyn T. Liverman, Carrie E. Ingalls, Carolyn E. Fulco, Howard M. Kipen (1998)
"Direct searching uses a command-line interface in which the user enters a search statement and receives input on the results. Command-line searching was ..."

4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"The Prophet command line interface enables users to sketch in molecular structures, ... Also through the command line interface, users can enter, ..."

5. Unified Medical Language System: Current Bibliographies in Medicine (Jan by Catherine R. Selden, Betsy L. Humphreys (1997)
"Access to the system is provided through a command-line interface and through an ... The command-line interface is best suited for batch processing, ..."

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