# The Unix Terminal and Shell

### **Terminal**

* Common name for the interface that allows you to input commands and see the output from commands.

### **Command prompt**

* Sequence of one or more characters, such as $ or % in combination with other customizable elements, such as the username or the current working directory.
* It indicates readiness to accept commands.

### **Shell**

* Command line interpreter.
* Users operate the computer by entering command input as text for a shell to execute or by creating text scripts of one or more such commands.

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