What Is Cmd

January 15, 2023 · 1 min · 119 words · Clifford Mesich

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Cmd may refer to any of the following:

An abbreviation for command, cmd is a Microsoft Windows command that opens the Windows command-line interpreter know as Command Prompt.
Cmd is an abbreviation for the Command key found on Apple Macintosh computers.

Windows 95 and 98 users can only enter the command line by typing command. All other versions of Windows accept command or cmd.

What is the difference between COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe?
How to use the Windows command line (DOS).
See the cmd and command page for information on these commands.
Full listing of MS-DOS and Windows command line commands.
Full list of MS-DOS and Windows command line questions.

Command line, Keyboard terms, MS-DOS, Operating system terms