Terminal

Domain: Computer Systems

🎯 Motivation

A text-based interface to the OS. You type commands, the OS executes them. Also called shell or command line.

📋 Concrete Example

Terminal: cd documents (change directory). git commit (version control). Text-based control of the computer.

🔗 Analogy

The terminal is like a walkie-talkie to the OS - you type commands, the OS does them and reports back. No mouse, no clicking - just text commands.