Glossary#
- command line#
The terminal or console window where you type commands.
- Command Prompt#
On Windows, this is the application where commands are typed into a window for execution.
- conda#
The package manager for Anaconda.
- config#
Refers to the configuration files and process.
- kernel#
A kernel provides programming language support in Jupyter. IPython is the default kernel. Additional kernels include R, Julia, and many more.
- Notebook Dashboard#
The notebook user interface which shows a list of the notebooks, files, and subdirectories in the directory where the notebook server is started.
- pip#
Python package manager.
- profiles#
Not available in Jupyter. In IPython 3, profiles are collections of configuration and runtime files.
- REPL#
read-eval-print-loop.
- terminal#
A window used to type in commands to be executed (Linux and OS X).
- widget#
A user interface component, similar to a plugin, that allows customized input, such as a slider.