"command-line interpreter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: command-line interpreters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: CLI, command language interpreter, command line shell Hypernyms: interpreter Translations (computer program): komentotulkki (Finnish), Befehlszeileninterpreter [masculine] (German), Kommandozeileninterpreter [masculine] (German), διερμηνευτής γραμμής εντολής (diermineftís grammís entolís) [masculine] (Greek), kommandotolk [common-gender] (Swedish), komut satırı yorumlayıcısı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-command-line_interpreter-en-noun-pQU4qVRd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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