A program which provides an interface between the user and the operating system.
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Most RM Window Box sales - a shell program designed for schools - come from schools buying the RM hardware and software combined.
Had his tests not been outstanding he would have been rejected from the shell program before he even began.
I had to put together a couple of simple shell programs attached to icons for the nontechnically inclined teachers, but nothing difficult, and the students haven't found the games (yet).
As the feedback from the example above indicates, it uses the system Bourne shell program to interpret the user-provided program statements.
There were instances where I tried to exit the pinball engine only to find that the shell program still assumes my game is in progress.
Definition of shell program in US English:
shell program
nounˈʃɛl ˌproʊɡræm
Computing
A program which provides an interface between the user and the operating system.
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Example sentencesExamples
Had his tests not been outstanding he would have been rejected from the shell program before he even began.
I had to put together a couple of simple shell programs attached to icons for the nontechnically inclined teachers, but nothing difficult, and the students haven't found the games (yet).
Most RM Window Box sales - a shell program designed for schools - come from schools buying the RM hardware and software combined.
There were instances where I tried to exit the pinball engine only to find that the shell program still assumes my game is in progress.
As the feedback from the example above indicates, it uses the system Bourne shell program to interpret the user-provided program statements.