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Linux Basic Flashcards

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What is linux

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Linux is an operatng system such as windows,Mac os, android and ios

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Operating system

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An operatng system is a software that manages the hardware resources associated to desktop or computer. It manages communication between hard ware and software.

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Linux distribution

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This is an operating system made from collection of software based upon the Linux kernel and package management system Eng fedora Linux and Ubuntu

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User Interface

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This is an interface created for a user of a particular computer or machine. Eg calculator it can receive input from user and give output

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User interface also known as

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Shell can be either CLI or GUI the default user interface for desktop is gui while cli can be used through terminal window

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Dominant she’ll used in Linux is

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Bash

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What is a shell

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A shell can be defined as a computer program that provides a command line interface to allow you control your computer with command entered with the keyboard instead if using gui with a mouse

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Shell 2 definition

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It is a command line interpreter it recieves command from the user and passes it to the kernel
It is intermediary between kernel and user

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Kernel

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It is the core of Linux based operating system it understand commands in binary

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Definition of Shell 3

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It is an interpreter that understand user command and passes into the kernel for further processing

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Shell def 4

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It is an interpreter that understand user command and passes it into the kernel for further processing

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A shell can either be GUI OR CLI OR BOTH true or false

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True

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What is a terminal

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A it is a program known as terminal emulator
B it is a program that opens a new window to let you interact with the shell
C it is a program that for running she’ll
It is a program that provides visual representation of the shell for the user to enter command I e a GUI. It opens a window where the user can enter command for the shell to interpret into binary language for kernel.

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A terminal showe the shell prompt which consist of

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Username,name of machine and dollar sigh

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When it is $,>% what kind of user are they

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Normal user

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16
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What does s # means

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Root user

17
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Up arrow is used to

Down arrow is used to

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Recall a command

Delete a command

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