Shell (computing)

An operating system shell is a computer program that provides relatively broad and direct access to the system on which it runs. The term shell refers to how it is a relatively thin layer around an operating system.

A shell is generally a command-line interface (CLI) program although some graphical user interface (GUI) programs are arguably classified as shells too.

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