Powershell Glossary

Browse 6 powershell terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

6 Powershell Terms

Cmdlet
A lightweight command used in the PowerShell scripting environment, following a Verb-Noun naming convention (e.g., Get-Process, Set-Item). Cmdlets are .NET...
DSC
Desired State Configuration — a PowerShell-based configuration management framework that declares the desired state of a system and ensures it stays that way,...
Execution Policy
A PowerShell safety feature that determines whether scripts are allowed to run and under what conditions. Not a security boundary — it is designed to prevent...
PowerShell Attack
An attack or intrusion step that uses PowerShell to execute commands, download payloads, manipulate the system, or evade simple defenses on Windows...
PowerShell Module
A self-contained, reusable package of PowerShell functions, cmdlets, variables, and resources distributed as a .psm1 file (script module) or compiled .dll...
Script Block
In PowerShell, a block of code enclosed in curly braces that can be stored in a variable, passed as a parameter, or invoked later, functioning similarly to...

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