Command line

Command line definition - hacker
Also known as the command prompt or the DOS prompt (for Microsoft Windows–based systems) or the shell (for UNIX or Linux based systems). A fundamental user interface (distinct from the graphical user interface) designed to be used by advanced users and system administrators and employed by hackers and crackers to complete exploits.

See Also: Linux; Shell; UNIX.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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