Command Line Interface  [[explain]] [RS]: A prompt at which you can enter a command, terminated by <Return>. Example: an interactive [tclsh].

[Microsoft] generally uses this for "Common Language Interface",
part of the [.NET] amalgam [[explain]] [[also distinguish from [CLR].]].

[ECMA] uses it (also in the context of [.NET]) for '''Common Language Infrastructure''' [http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/MEMENTO/TC39.HTM].
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