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Noun [English]

Forms: command lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} command line (plural command lines), {{tlb|en|computing}} (computing)
  1. A shell, a command line interface; usually used with the definite article. Wikidata QID: Q189053 Categories (topical): Computing
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  2. The text prompt presented to the user in a command line interface. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (text prompt): 命令行 (mìnglìngháng) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 命令列 (mìnglìngliè) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), příkazový řádek [masculine] (Czech), příkazová řádka [feminine] (Czech), opdrachtregel [common-gender] (Dutch), commandoregel [common-gender] (Dutch), komanda linio (Esperanto), komentorivi (Finnish), ligne de commande [feminine] (French), Kommandozeile [feminine] (German), Befehlszeile [feminine] (German), γραμμή εντολής (grammí entolís) [feminine] (Greek), שורת הפקודה (Hebrew), コマンドライン (komandorain) (Japanese), خط فرمان (xatt-e farmân) (Persian), linha de comando [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), linha de comandos [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), text de comandă (Romanian), linie de comandă (linie textuală de comandă) (Romanian), кома́ндная строка́ (komándnaja stroká) [feminine] (Russian), kommandorad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-command_line-en-noun-~FL8206M Disambiguation of Computing: 35 35 30 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 40 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 41 10 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'text prompt': 8 59 33
  3. A line of text that is entered at such a prompt. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (line of text): komanda linio (Esperanto), kommandorad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-command_line-en-noun-FGChlSco Disambiguation of Computing: 35 35 30 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 40 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 41 10 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'line of text': 7 14 79

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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "text de comandă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "word": "linie de comandă (linie textuală de comandă)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komándnaja stroká",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́ндная строка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "text prompt",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kommandorad"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "line of text",
      "word": "komanda linio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "line of text",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kommandorad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "command line"
}

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