Command

Command may refer to:

  • Command (computing), a statement in a computer language
  • COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS
  • Command (military formation), an organizational unit
  • Command key, a modifier key on Apple Macintosh computer keyboards
  • Command pattern, a software design pattern in which objects represent actions
  • Command Records, a record label
  • Command (album), a 2009 studio album by Client
  • Command paper, a policy paper or report issued by, for or to the British government
  • Command and control, the exercise of authority in a military organization
  • Command, a sentence using the imperative mood
  • Command (baseball), the ability of a pitcher to throw a pitch where he intends to
  • Command (teaching style)

Famous quotes containing the word command:

    For experience showed her that she had not, by marrying a man of a large fortune, obtained any great proportion of property which she could call her own or command at her pleasure.
    Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    I, who should command a regiment,
    Do amble amiably here, O God,
    One of the neat ones in your awkward squad.
    Norman Cameron (b. 1905)

    Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience, he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world than the vassal court of Britain.
    Thomas Paine (1737–1809)