system command

1. 1.

   a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program

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Questions about system command

What does system command mean?

system command means "a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program".

Is system command a common word?

system command is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.