command-line interface

type of computer interface based on entering text commands and viewing text output
class paradigm Q189053
command-line interface
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command-line interface

Summary

command-line interface is a paradigm[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of paradigm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,301 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • command-line interface's image is recorded as Evernote-cli-geeknote.png[3].
  • command-line interface's image is recorded as Animated GNU Bash Unix Shell Prompt.gif[4].
  • command-line interface's instance of is recorded as paradigm[5].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as text-based user interface[6].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as user interface[7].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as human–computer interaction[8].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as interface metaphor[9].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as input/output[10].
  • command-line interface's subclass of is recorded as operating system[11].
  • command-line interface's Commons category is recorded as Command-line interface[12].
  • command-line interface's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Kommandozeile.ogg[13].
  • command-line interface's opposite of is recorded as graphical user interface[14].
  • command-line interface's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yzs[15].
  • command-line interface's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph433464[16].
  • command-line interface's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Command-line interface[17].
  • command-line interface's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/command-line-interface[18].
  • command-line interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/command-line-arguments[19].
  • command-line interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://ux.stackexchange.com/tags/command-line[20].
  • command-line interface's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/command-line-interface[21].
  • command-line interface's used by is recorded as console application[22].
  • command-line interface's used by is recorded as command-line interpreter[23].
  • command-line interface's used by is recorded as read–eval–print loop[24].
  • command-line interface's Quora topic ID is recorded as Command-Line-Interfaces[25].
  • command-line interface's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as command-line-interfaces[26].
  • command-line interface's Open Library subject ID is recorded as command_line_interface[27].

Why It Matters

command-line interface ranks in the top 8% of paradigm entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,301 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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