Meanings
plural command line interfaces · alternative command-line interface
- computingA user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images.
Synonyms: CLI, CLUI, character user interface
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto komandlinia interfaco
- komandlinia interfacoTranslations
Finnish komentoliittymä
- komentoliittymäTranslations
French interface en ligne de commande
- interface en ligne de commandeTranslations
German Kommandozeile
- KommandozeileTranslations
Greek διεπαφή γραμμής εντολής
- διεπαφή γραμμής εντολής (diepafí grammís entolís)Translations
Japanese コマンドラインインタフェース
- コマンドラインインタフェース (komando rain intafēsu)Translations
Korean 명령줄 인터페이스, 명령행 인터페이스
- 명령줄 인터페이스 (myeongnyeongjul inteopeiseu)Translations
- 명령행 인터페이스 (myeongnyeonghaeng inteopeiseu)Translations
- 명령어 인터페이스 (myeongnyeong'eo inteopeiseu)Translations
Polish wiersz poleceń
- wiersz poleceńTranslations
Turkish komut satırı
- komut satırıTranslations
Ukrainian інтерфе́йс кома́ндного рядка́
- інтерфе́йс кома́ндного рядка́ (interféjs komándnoho rjadká)Translations
Cite this entry
command line interface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command%20line%20interface
“command line interface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command%20line%20interface. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “command line interface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command%20line%20interface.
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