command : Idioms & Phrases

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air combat command

  • noun a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
    ACC.
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air force space command

  • noun a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations
    AFSPC.
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allied command atlantic

  • noun a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council
    ACLANT.
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allied command europe

  • noun a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
    ACE.
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command guidance

  • noun a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile
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command key

  • noun (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
    control key.
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command language

  • noun a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed
    search language; query language.
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command line

  • noun commands that a user types in order to run an application
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command line interface

  • noun a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
    CLI.
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command module

  • noun a space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth
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command overhead

  • noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
    overhead; command processing overhead; command overhead.
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command post

  • noun military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces
    GHQ; general headquarters.
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command processing overhead

  • noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
    overhead; command processing overhead; command overhead.
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command processing overhead time

  • noun (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
    overhead; command processing overhead; command overhead.
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command prompt

  • noun (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
    prompt.
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command sergeant major

  • noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
    sergeant major.
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commanding officer

  • noun an officer in command of a military unit
    commandant; commander.
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criminal investigation command

  • noun the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world
    CID.
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high command

  • noun the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
    supreme headquarters.
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  • noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe
    PFLP-GC.
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second-in-command

  • noun someone who relieves a commander
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self-command

  • noun the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
    possession; will power; self-will; self-possession; willpower; self-control.
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Self`-com*mand" noun
Definitions
  1. Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
Webster 1913

system command

  • noun a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program
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Word of command

  • (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.
Webster 1913