command-line interpreter

command-line interpreter

English

Noun

command-line interpreter (plural command-line interpreters)

1. (computing) A computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language.

Abbreviations

• CLI

Synonyms

• command language interpreter
• command line shell

 

Hypernyms

• interpreter

Translations

computer program

Finnish: komentotulkki (fi) German: Befehlszeileninterpreter m, Kommandozeileninterpreter m

Turkish: komut satırı yorumlayıcısı

Hypernyms

• interpreter

References

• command-line interpreter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia