Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

command line interface

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-mand -line in-ter-face
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images.

Inflected Forms

command line interfaces (plural) command-line interface (alternative)

Synonyms

CLI CLUI character user interface

Antonyms

graphical user interface

Questions

What does command line interface mean?: A user interface in which the user interacts with the computer through lines of text instead of graphical images.

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