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command argument

Information you provide on a command line to describe the object
(usually a file or directory) to be operated on by the command.

command interpreter

A program that reads lines of text from standard input (typed at the
keyboard or read from a file) and interprets them as requests to
execute other programs. An HP–UX command interpreter is called a
shell. See also shell.

command option

Information you provide on a command line to indicate any special
action you want the command to take. See also default.

configuration

The arrangement of a workstation or network as defined by the na-
ture, number, and chief characteristics of its functional units. More
specifically, the term configuration may refer to a hardware configu-
ration or a software configuration.

control key sequence

A keystroke combination used as a shorthand way of specifying com-
mands. To enter a control key sequence, you hold down the control
key while pressing another key.

cpu

See Central Processing Unit.

CRX color graphics

Expanded graphics capability offering 24–plane color, 24–plane Z–
buffered color, or 48–plane Z–buffered color capability.