"command line interface" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: command line interfaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=command line interface}} command line interface (plural command line interfaces)
  1. (computing) A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images. Wikipedia link: command-line interface Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: CLI [abbreviation], character user interface (alt: CUI), command-line interface Hypernyms: interface Translations (Translations): komandlinia interfaco (Esperanto), komentoliittymä (Finnish), interface en ligne de commande [feminine] (French), Kommandozeile [feminine] (German), διεπαφή γραμμής εντολής (diepafí grammís entolís) [feminine] (Greek), wiersz poleceń [masculine] (Polish), komut satırı (Turkish)

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