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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