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Command

Command has multiple meanings:
  • An order.
  • In organizations, a command is an office or position of authority.
  • In telecommunication, the term command has the following meanings:
  • *An order for an action to take place.
  • *In data transmission, an instruction sent by the primary station instructing a secondary station to perform some specific function.
  • *In signaling systems, a control signal.
  • *In computer programming, that part of a computer instruction word that specifies the operation to be performed. See command (computing) for detail.
  • *Loosely, a mathematical or logic operator.
  • In computer programming, command pattern is a design pattern.
  • The command key is a modifier key on Apple Macintosh keyboards.

    References

  • Federal Standard 1037C
  • MIL-STD-188


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