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Shell (computing)

An operating system shell is a computer program that provides relatively broad and direct access to the system on which it runs. The term shell refers to how it is a relatively thin layer around an operating system.

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Command-line shells

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Shell (computing)

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples15
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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shell system shells user operating windows systems program graphical command-line interface commands programs also use computer application remote users used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
loading an application programinstance ofor it may carry out some other program action0.80text
listing filesinstance ofor it may carry out some other program action0.80text
logging in a userinstance ofor it may carry out some other program action0.80text
many othersinstance ofor it may carry out some other program action0.80text
UNIX have a large variety of shell programs with different commandsinstance ofOperating systems0.80text
syntaxinstance ofOperating systems0.80text
capabilitiesinstance ofOperating systems0.80text
with the POSIX shell being a baselineinstance ofOperating systems0.80text
MS-DOS came with a standard command interfaceinstance ofcommodity operating systems0.80text
initializing a set of programs when a system is restartedinstance ofcan be used repeatedly to automate routine operations0.80text
openinginstance ofby allowing for operations0.80text
closinginstance ofby allowing for operations0.80text

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