ALL meanings of command-line interpreter
- abbreviation Technical meaning of COMMAND-LINE INTERPRETER command interpreter 3
- noun Definition of command-line interpreter in Technology (operating system) A program which reads textual commands from the user or from a file and executes them. Some commands may be executed directly within the interpreter itself (e.g. setting variables or control constructs), others may cause it to load and execute other files. When an IBM PC is booted BIOS loads and runs the MS-DOS command interpreter into memory from file COMMAND.COM found on a floppy disk or hard disk drive. The commands that COMMAND.COM recognizes (e.g. COPY, DIR, PRN) are called internal commands, in contrast to external commands which are executable files. 1
- noun command-line interpreter (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. 0