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command line

n.
1. A line on a computer terminal at which commands are typed.
2. A string of characters that constitute such a command.
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Noun1.command line - commands that a user types in order to run an application
program line, instruction, statement, command - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
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Translations

command line

n (Comput) → Befehlszeile f
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