Vocabulary

Question 1

____is “a system that is used for operating a computer: a system that controls the way information is shown to a computer user and the way the user is able to work with the computer.”

Answer 1

interface

Question 2

an interface has two parts:

Answer 2

1) a display of information about what the computer is doing and 2) a method for telling the computer what to do.

Question 3

the components of the CLI display are the prompt, the cursor, the input (text you have typed in), and the output of your commands and programs.

Answer 3

what are the 4 compents of the CLI display (command line interface)

Question 4

A command can be the path to a file (e.g. /path/to/file), or it can be a command that your terminal is already aware of (e.g. echo). The second portion of the command usually consists of what are called “arguments”. Arguments are strings that are passed to the program that you are executing. Stated more simply, these are pieces of information that you are providing to your command.

Answer 4

[command] [arguments…]

Question 5

1. They have special characters at the beginning to tell the computer how to execute them.
2. They have scripts or machine language as their content.
3. They have the executable permission (we’ll talk more about this later).

Answer 5

What makes an executable different from other file types?

Question 6

type its path as the first part of your input, then type in your arguments, and hit enter:
$ /bin/echo “Hello World”
Hello World

Answer 6

How do you run an executable