cmdlet

English

Etymology

From cmd +‎ -let.

Noun

cmdlet (plural cmdlets)

1. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A specialized .NET class implementing a particular operation in Windows PowerShell.
   • 2010, Ken St. Cyr, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Administration Instant Reference, page 491:

     For example, the following command will display the cmdlets that can be executed by people who are in the Move Mailboxes role […]

   • 2011, John Paul Mueller, Professional Windows 7 Development Guide:

     Generally, a cmdlet will run much faster than a script of the same functionality.