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Command-line interfaces
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1The user interface provides the means for a human to [blank_start]interact[blank_end] with a digital system.
- Ainteract
2[blank_start]Graphical[blank_end] user interfaces dominate modern [blank_start]consumer[blank_end] devices.
- AGraphical
- Bconsumer
3They are either [blank_start]mouse[blank_end]-driven or [blank_start]touchscreen[blank_end].
- Amouse
- Btouchscreen
4[blank_start]Mouse[blank_end]-driven graphical interfaces make use of a [blank_start]mouse[blank_end] and keyboard to manipulate on-screen [blank_start]widgets[blank_end].
- AMouse
- Bmouse
- Cwidgets
5[blank_start]Touchscreen[blank_end] graphical interfaces make use of [blank_start]touch[blank_end] interaction with on-screen [blank_start]widgets[blank_end].
- ATouchscreen
- Btouch
- Cwidgets
6Text based interfaces are less [blank_start]obvious[blank_end] but common [blank_start]servers[blank_end], [blank_start]networking[blank_end] hardware and on desktop computers.
- Aobvious
- Bservers
- Cnetworking
7[blank_start]Command[blank_end] line text-based interfaces involve [blank_start]user issued[blank_end] commands to perform tasks inside a [blank_start]command shell[blank_end].
- ACommand
- Buser issued
- Ccommand shell
8[blank_start]Screen[blank_end] based interfaces make use of a [blank_start]keyboard[blank_end] used to work in a full screen [blank_start]text[blank_end]-based application.
- AScreen
- Bkeyboard
- Ctext
9Windows technically has three command-line interfaces: [blank_start]command[blank_end] prompt, [blank_start]powershell[blank_end] and [blank_start]BASH[blank_end].
- Acommand
- Bpowershell
- CBASH
10[blank_start]Command[blank_end] prompt is a [blank_start]DOS shell emulator[blank_end].
- ACommand
- BDOS shell emulator
11Powershell is more [blank_start]complex[blank_end] and [blank_start]powerful[blank_end].
- Acomplex
- Bpowerful
12[blank_start]BASH[blank_end] is a more recent import to Windows 10 from [blank_start]Linux[blank_end].
- ABASH
- BLinux
13[blank_start]Mac[blank_end] OS and [blank_start]Linux[blank_end] are [blank_start]UNIX[blank_end] derivatives and have very powerful command-line shells.
- AMac
- BLinux
- CUNIX
14Linux is most often configured via the [blank_start]shell[blank_end] (in conjunction with [blank_start]text[blank_end] files). There are multiple different shells available.
- Ashell
- Btext
15In shells, there are [blank_start]builtin[blank_end] commands - like "[blank_start]cd[blank_end] xyz" opens the xyz [blank_start]folder[blank_end].
- Abuiltin
- Bcd
- Cfolder
16A [blank_start]working[blank_end] directory is the folder that commands [blank_start]act in[blank_end], similar to a desktop [blank_start]folder window[blank_end].
- Aworking
- Bact in
- Cfolder window
17A [blank_start]path[blank_end] is a list of folders that the shell looks for programs run in.
- Apath
18A [blank_start]prompt[blank_end] is a text string displayed when waiting for a [blank_start]command[blank_end]. Typically shows the [blank_start]working[blank_end] directory or [blank_start]host name[blank_end].
- Aprompt
- Bcommand
- Cworking
- Dhost name
19[blank_start]Text[blank_end]-based user interfaces are generally preferred by those familiar with computers.
- AText
20They avoid manual-[blank_start]labour[blank_end], they can be [blank_start]scripted[blank_end], they can chain [blank_start]programs[blank_end] together and can make use of [blank_start]scheduling[blank_end].
- Alabour
- Bscripted
- Cprograms
- Dscheduling
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- Quizzes knowledge of command-line interfaces.
- Author
- Kerrie Callaghan
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- English
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- Created on 12 Jan 2017 · updated on 16 Jan 2017
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