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:
“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)
“Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Under bare Ben Bulben’s head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman pass by!”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)