Command may refer to:
Computing
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Command (computing)
In computing, a command is an instruction received via an external Interface (computing), interface that directs the behavior of a computer program. Commonly, commands are sent to a program via a command-line interface, a scripting language, scr ...
, a statement in a computer language
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command (Unix), a Unix command
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COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS
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Command key, a modifier key on Apple Macintosh computer keyboards
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Command pattern, a software design pattern in which objects represent actions
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Voice command, in speech recognition
Military
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Military command (instruction) or military order
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Command responsibility
In the practice of international law, command responsibility (also superior responsibility) is the legal doctrine of hierarchical accountability for war crimes, whereby a commanding officer (military) and a superior officer (civil) are legally r ...
, the doctrine of hierarchical accountability in cases of war crimes
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Command (military formation), an organizational unit
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Command and control, the exercise of authority in a military organization
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Command hierarchy, a group of people dedicated to carrying out orders "from the top"
Music
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''Command'' (album), a 2009 album by Client
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Command Records
Command Records was a record label founded by Enoch Light in 1959 and, in October that year, was acquired by ABC-Paramount Records. Light produced a majority of the releases in the label's catalog.
Origin and history
After Grand Award Record ...
, a record label
Sports
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Command (baseball)
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, the ability of a pitcher to throw a pitch where he intends to
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Kansas City Command
The Kansas City Command (formerly the Kansas City Brigade) were a professional arena football team that played in the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Kevin Por ...
, a former professional arena football team
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Commands (horse)
Commands (28 September 1996 – 12 July 2014) was an Australian stakes winning racehorse and stallion.
Background
Bred by Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Commands was a full brother to 5-time Group One winner Danew ...
, Australian thoroughbred racehorse
Other uses
* Command, a verb using the
imperative mood
The imperative mood is a grammatical mood that forms a command or request.
The imperative mood is used to demand or require that an action be performed. It is usually found only in the present tense, second person. They are sometimes called ' ...
or the whole sentence containing such a verb
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Command (teaching style)
The Command teaching style is the closest approximation to the traditional system of education
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured i ...
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Command: Modern Air Naval Operations'', strategy game
See also
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Command paper
A command paper is an official document in the United Kingdom which is issued by His Majesty's Government (HMG) and presented to Parliament.
White paper
A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue ...
, a policy paper or report issued by, for or to the British government
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Command economy
A planned economy is a type of economic system where investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economy-wide economic plans and production plans. A planned economy may use centralized, decentralized, ...
, a form of planned economy
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C-command
In generative grammar and related frameworks, a node in a parse tree c-commands its sister node and all of its sister's descendants. In these frameworks, c-command plays a central role in defining and constraining operations such as syntactic movem ...
, in theoretical linguistics
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M-command, a broader version of c-command in theoretical linguistics
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The Command (disambiguation)
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