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- 1. an interface for typing commands directly to a computer's operating system.
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- Command-line interface
Type of computer interface based on entering text commands and viewing text output
A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user-friendly alternative to the non-interactive interface available with punched cards. Wikipedia
