Terminal (Mac OS X)

For other uses, see Terminal (disambiguation).

Terminal

Terminal 2.2 running the top program under Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Stable release	2.2 (297) / July 20, 2011
Operating system	Mac OS X
Type	Terminal emulator
License	Bundled with Mac OS X
Website	apple.com

'Terminal (also referred to as Terminal.app) is a terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system.^[1] It originated in Mac OS X's predecessors, NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and allows the user to interact with the computer through a command line interface. By default it provides a bash shell, which allows the OS X user to visually interact with the system core. Terminal features include tabs and customization of styles such as fonts and colors.

References

1. ^ "What Is Mac OS X - All Applications and Utilities". Apple Inc.. http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/apps-and-utilities.html#terminal.