Exit is a command used in many operating system command line shells. Entering the command logs the user out of their current session, or closes their current console or terminal connection. An operating system (OS) is a computer program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... A command line interface or CLI is a method of interacting with a computer by giving it lines of textual commands (that is, a sequence of characters) either from keyboard input or from a script. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Shell_(computing). ... The console is the text output device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. ... A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system. ...

See also

• Exit (operating system)
• Exit status