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.

Synonyms

• CLI
• command language interpreter
• command line shell

 

Hypernyms

• interpreter

Hypernyms

• interpreter

Translations

computer program

• Finnish: komentotulkki (fi)
• German: Befehlszeileninterpreter m, Kommandozeileninterpreter m
• Greek: διερμηνευτής γραμμής εντολής (el) m (diermineftís grammís entolís)
• Swedish: kommandotolk (sv) c
• Turkish: komut satırı yorumlayıcısı

References

• command-line interpreter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia