Definition of System command

1. Noun. A computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program.

Generic synonyms: Direction, Instruction

Lexicographical Neighbors of System Command

sysop
sysophood
sysopped
sysopping
sysops
syssarcosis
syssitia
syssitias
systaltic
system
system administrator
system architecture
system architectures
system call
system clock
system command (current term)
system error
system of logic
system of macrophages
system of measurement
system of numeration
system of rules
system of weights
system of weights and measures
system program
system pull
system software
systema alimentarium
systema digestorium
systema lymphaticum

Literary usage of System command

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

1. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"Syntax SYSTEM(command) Arguments command specifies any of the following: a system command that is enclosed in quotation marks (explicit character string), ..."

2. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"Type: Character Details Using SYSTEM is equivalent to using the X command for issuing a system command. The action that takes place depends on which command ..."

3. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environments by Institute SAS Institute, SAS Institute (2004)
"X Statement Issues an operating system command from within a SAS session Valid: anywhere UNIX specifics: valid operating system command See: X Statement in ..."

4. SAS 9.1.3 [sic.] Companion for Z/OS. by SAS Institute, SAS Publishing (2004)
"... is a system command, or the name of a character variable whose value is a system command. Under z/OS, the term system command refers to TSO commands, ..."

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