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<p>A console application or command-line program is a <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">computer program</a> (<a href="/facts/Application_program/YQuj7Kog">applications</a> or <a href="/facts/Utility_software/Hn3XtISQ">utilities</a>) designed to be used via a <a href="/facts/Text-only/bngNtqIY">text-only</a> <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">user interface</a>, such as a <a href="/facts/Text_terminal/fSlx05qV">text terminal</a>, the <a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">command-line interface</a> of some <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> (<a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a>, <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a> (GUI) operating systems, such as the <a href="/facts/Windows_Console/p8vz2Cdk">Windows Console</a> in <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, the <a href="/facts/Terminal_(macOS)/BGp21Beh">Terminal</a> in <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Xterm/XcS74d7I">xterm</a> in Unix. </p>