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An operating system shell is a shell for an operating system; it is a program that presents an interface to various operating system functions and services. The shell is so called because it is an outer layer of interface between the user and the innards of the operating system (the kernel). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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In computing, a shell is computer software that essentially provides a kind of user interface. ...
Jump to: navigation, search In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ...
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Operating system shells generally fall into one of two categories: command line and graphical. Command line shells provide a command line interface (CLI) to the operating system, while graphical shells provide a graphical user interface (GUI). Screenshot of a sample Bash session, taken on Linux. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A graphical user interface (or GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text. ...
The relative merits of CLI- and GUI-based shells are often debated. CLI proponents claim that certain operations can be performed much faster under CLI shells than under GUI shells (such as moving files, for example). However, GUI proponents advocate the comparative usability and simplicity of GUI shells. The best choice is often determined by the way in which a computer will be used. On a server mainly used for data transfers and processing with expert administration, a CLI is likely to be the best choice. On the other hand, a GUI would probably be more appropriate for a computer to be used for secretarial work.
In computing, a shell is computer software that essentially provides a kind of user interface. Typically, the term refers only to an operating system shell that provides access to the services of a kernel. However, the term is also applied very loosely to applications and may include any software that is "built around" a particular component, such as web browsers and email clients that are "shells" for HTML rendering engines.
Modern versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system utilize and only officially support Windows Explorer as their shell. Explorer provides the familiar desktop environment, start menu, and task bar, as well as the file management functions of the operating system. Older versions also include Program Manager which was the Shell for the 3.x series of Microsoft Windows.
Many individuals and developers dissatisfied with the interface of Windows Explorer have developed software that either alters the functioning and apperance of the shell or replaces it entirely. WindowBlinds by StarDock is a good example of the former sort of application. LiteStep, GeoShell and FlyakiteOSX are good examples of the latter. LiteStep is a Windows shell replacement under the GPL, for Windows 9x and up. ...
Geoshell (also: GeoShell, geOShell, etc. ...
List of shells
Graphical (GUI) shells Gui is short for Guilherme or Guilhermo or an iteration of that, in English it translates to Will. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments and operating systems for personal computers and servers. ...
Windows Explorer running on Windows XP Windows Explorer is an application that is part of modern versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. ...
LiteStep is a Windows shell replacement under the GPL, for Windows 9x and up. ...
Geoshell (also: GeoShell, geOShell, etc. ...
Blackbox for Windows, a minimalist replacement shell for Windows based on Litestep but imitaing the original Blackbox window manager available on Linux and Unix systems. ...
The Finder is the default application program run by the Macintosh operating system that is responsible for the overall user-management of files, disks, network volumes and the launching of other applications. ...
Jump to: navigation, search In computing, the X Window System (commonly X11 or X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search KDE (K Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment and development platform built with Trolltechs Qt toolkit. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The GNU Network Object Model Environment, or GNOME, project is an international effort to create an easy-to-use computer desktop environment built entirely from software considered free by the Free Software Foundation. ...
Blackbox with a modified style. ...
CDE on Unix (Solaris 8) DECwindows CDE on OpenVMS 7. ...
The MS-DOS Shell first debuted in MS-DOS 4. ...
AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers. ...
AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga and AmigaOne personal computers. ...
Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ...
MorphOS is a mixed proprietary and open source operating system produced by several developers for the PegasosPPC hardware platform, as well as the already existing PowerPC accelerator boards for the Amiga, produced by Phase5. ...
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What is AROS? AROS (Amiga Research Operating System) is an open source implementation of the AmigaOS 3. ...
Text (CLI) shells Screenshot of a sample Bash session, taken on Linux. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A Unix shell, also called the command line, provides the traditional user interface for the Unix operating system. ...
The Bourne shell, or sh, was the default Unix shell of Unix Version 7, and replaced the Thompson shell, whose executable file had the same name, sh. ...
The Almquist shell (ash) is Kenneth Almquists clone of the Bourne shell. ...
This article is about the UNIX shell named Bash. ...
The C shell (csh) is a Unix shell developed by Bill Joy for the BSD Unix system. ...
tcsh is a Unix shell, based on (and compatible with) the C shell (csh). ...
Korn shell logo. ...
Scsh is a POSIX API layered on top of the scheme programming language (currently only a Scheme 48 implementation exists, but others are planned) in a manner to make the most of schemes capability for scripting. ...
The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used both as an interactive, login shell and as a powerful shell script command interpreter. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The rc shell is the command line interface for the Version 10 Unix and Plan 9 operating systems. ...
Glenda, the Plan 9 bunny. ...
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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The acronym DOS stands for disk operating system, an operating system component for computers that provides the abstraction of a file system resident on hard disk or floppy disk secondary storage. ...
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Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, and was succeeded by Windows 2000 (still based on Windows NT). ...
Jump to: navigation, search The acronym DOS stands for disk operating system, an operating system component for computers that provides the abstraction of a file system resident on hard disk or floppy disk secondary storage. ...
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