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The verb that builds empires, crashes servers, and gets dogs to sit.
means To give an authoritative order, to be in control of something, or—in computing—a specific instruction issued to a program or device.
from From Latin 'commandare,' a strengthening of 'mandare' meaning 'to entrust, commit to one's charge'—built from 'manus' (hand) and 'dare' (to give), so literally 'to put into someone's hand.' It traveled through Old French 'comander' into English, and by the dawn of computing the old word for ordering people around was simply handed over to ordering machines.
- latin root
- From commandare, to entrust into someone's hand
- terminal power
- One mistyped command can wipe an entire system
- chain of command
- Militaries collapse the instant orders stop flowing
- dog training
- Dogs grasp roughly 165 distinct human commands
- command key
- Apple's symbol was borrowed from Swedish campground signage
order 66 — star wars: revenge of the sith (2005) — palpatine's command to clone troopers to execute all jedi
operation northwoods — declassified 1997 — u.s. joint chiefs of staff proposed false flag operations to justify cuban invasion
mount rushmore carving — gutzon borglum led 400 workers 1927-1941 to blast four presidents into south dakota granite