CLI

siː ɛl aɪ

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Definition of CLI - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: command line interface

TECH.

lets you type commands to control a computer

TECH.

He used the CLI to open the file.

command line

shell

terminal

acr: command-line interpreter

TECH.

tool to interact with computer using text commands

TECH.

The CLI allows users to execute commands directly.

terminal

acr: Common Language Infrastructure

TECH.

system for running code on different computers

TECH.

CLI helps software work on many devices.

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Examples of CLI in a sentence

Developers often prefer the CLI for its efficiency.
Developers often use a CLI for tasks.
The CLI simplifies complex operations.
The app runs smoothly on the CLI.
Developers use CLI for cross-platform support.

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French:CLI, infrastructure normalisée pour l'interopérabilité entre langages, ...
German:CLI, Kommandozeileninterpreter, ...
Italian:interfaccia a riga di comando, interprete della riga di comando, ...
Spanish:CLI, interfaz de línea de comandos, ...
Portuguese:CLI, infraestrutura de linguagem comum, ...
Chinese:命令行界面, 公共语言基础结构, ...
Japanese:CLI, ...
Arabic:واجهة سطر الأوامر, سَطْر الأَوَامِر, ...
Hebrew:מִמְשָׁק שׁוּרַת פְּקוּדָה, כְּלִי לְהַפְעָלַת מַחְשֵׁב בְּאֶמְצָעוּת פְּקוּדוֹת טֶקְסְט, ...
Russian:CLI, общая языковая инфраструктура, ...
Ukrainian:КРІ, CLI, ...
Hindi:कमांड लाइन इंटरफ़ेस, कमांड पंक्ति इंटरफ़ेस, ...
Bengali:কমান্ড লাইন ইন্টারফেস, কমান্ড-লাইন ইন্টারপ্রেটার, ...
Catalan:CLI, intèrpret de línia d'ordres, ...
Czech:rozhraní příkazového řádku, interpret příkazového řádku, ...
Danish:CLI, fælles sprog-infrastruktur, ...
Dutch:CLI, ...
Greek:CLI, ...
Hungarian:parancssori felület, parancssori értelmező, ...
Khmer:ចំណុចប្រទាក់បន្ទាត់ពាក្យបញ្ជា, ឧបករណ៍បកស្រាយបន្ទាត់បញ្ជា, ...
Korean:CLI, 공통 언어 인프라, ...
Persian:رابط خط فرمان, مفسر خط فرمان, ...
Polish:CLI, ...
Portuguese (BR):interface de linha de comando, CLI, ...
Romanian:interfață de linie de comandă, CLI, ...
Swedish:CLI, kommandotolk, ...
Thai:อินเตอร์เฟซบรรทัดคำสั่ง, ส่วนติดต่อแบบบรรทัดคำสั่ง, ...
Turkish:komut satırı arayüzü, KSA, ...
Vietnamese:CLI, giao diện dòng lệnh, ...

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