Possible Duplicate: What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? How do I access the Terminal? I just got ubuntu running on my computer and now I am ready to write a program...but I can't figure out how to open a command terminal. I guess I don't know where to find which version I am running either. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
A Terminal is your interface to the underlying operating system via a shell, usually bash. It is a command line. Back in the day, a Terminal was a screen+keyboard that was connected to a server. Today, it is usually just a progam. You can open it via the utilities part of the apllications menu, or press Alt + F2 and type gnome-terminal.
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