Glossary term
What is terminal?
In Apex Flow Academy, "terminal" means: A window where you type commands to your computer instead of clicking. It is taught in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Linux for Absolute Beginners. Related terms include program, directory, function and string.
- 3 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is terminal?
A window where you type commands to your computer instead of clicking. (From Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work. 2 other courses define it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does terminal mean in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work?
A window where you type commands to your computer instead of clicking.
What does terminal mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
A window where you type commands and see the replies.
What does terminal mean in Linux for Absolute Beginners?
A window where you type commands and read the answers.
Where is terminal taught?
terminal is defined in Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work and Linux for Absolute Beginners.
Python From Zero: Write Programs That WorkPython Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkLinux for Absolute Beginners
Which lessons cover terminal?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work, lesson 1.1: Run Your First Python Program
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 6.3: Run It on a Schedule
- Linux for Absolute Beginners, lesson 1.1: Pick Your Free Practice Linux
Which terms are related to terminal?
Next to terminal in the course glossaries: program, directory, function, string, comment, Script, Virtual environment (venv), Automation, Package and pip.
programdirectoryfunctionstringcommentScriptVirtual environment (venv)AutomationPackagepip
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn terminal?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python From Zero: Write Programs That Work: No programming experience is needed.
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Linux for Absolute Beginners: No Linux or programming experience is needed.