Meanings
nouncommand-line interpreter (plural command-line interpreters)
plural command-line interpreters
- computingA 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.
Synonyms: CLI, command language interpreter, command line shell
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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Translations
Finnish komentotulkki
- komentotulkkicomputer program
German Befehlszeileninterpreter, Kommandozeileninterpreter
- Befehlszeileninterpretercomputer program
- Kommandozeileninterpretercomputer program
Greek διερμηνευτής γραμμής εντολής
- διερμηνευτής γραμμής εντολής (diermineftís grammís entolís)computer program
Swedish kommandotolk
- kommandotolkcomputer program
Turkish komut satırı yorumlayıcısı
- komut satırı yorumlayıcısıcomputer program
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APA
command-line interpreter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command-line%20interpreter
MLA
“command-line interpreter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command-line%20interpreter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “command-line interpreter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/command-line%20interpreter.
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