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A terminal.
A terminal is a program that allows you to run commands.
???- question "How to copy-paste to/from a terminal?"
This depends on the terminal you use, however,
this is the most common options:
Press `CTRL + SHIFT + C` for copt, `CTRL + SHIFT + V` for pasting.
???- question "What does all the stuff on the line I can type on mean?"
The text at the start of the line you can type on,
is called the command prompt.
???- question "What is the command prompt?"
The command prompt indicates
that the terminal is waiting for user input.
Here is an example prompt:
```bash
[sven@rackham2 my_folder]$
```
- `[` and `]`: indicates the beginning and end of information
- `sven`: the username
- `@`: at which cluster
- `rackham2`: the remote node's name,
in this case Rackham's second login node
- `my_folder`: (part of) the path of the user,
in this case, a folder called `my_folder`.
The indication `~` means that the user in the home folder
- `$`: indicate to be ready for user input
The node's name is useful to find out where you are:
Name |Location
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`rackham1` to `rackham4`|A Rackham login node
`r1` and higher |A Rackham compute node node
`bianca` |A Bianca login node
`b1` and higher |A Bianca compute node