• Terminal in Linux whereas Command Prompt/Powershell in Windows Terminal - The Force of Linux • An interface to give commands to the OS, more often referred to as a terminal emulator. It allows us to interact with the shell. • Types - gnome-terminal, konsole, xterm, rxvt, kvt, nxterm, and eterm So, what is a shell? • The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the OS to perform. • Types - bash(most common), ksh, tcsh, zsh