To your edit, it isn’t the same thing as cmd. It’s more like konsole or kitty or gnome-terminal. It is a terminal container that can run cmd or powershell or bash for you.
It has other features that are nice, and that more useful systems have had since the 90s. If you’re stuck on windows, it’s to putty what ie used to be for netscape. You can use it to download putty, or use it and only be mildly irritated on someone else’s system.
Terminal can have multiple tabs, multiple different processes (so you can have a powershell and a cmd running in different tabs) and better WSL support AFAIK. It’s wt in the Run dialog. (I’m pretty sure typing “cmd” now just opens a cmd window in terminal too)
What is the difference of Terminal to say cmd or PowerShell?
~~Edit: seems to be the same thing as cmd. I usually access it with Win+R or search for cmd in start. ~~
Another edit: My work machine is Win10. There is no Terminal on my system it seems. If I search for Terminal in Start, cmd shows as the only option.
Terminal is new and a lot more flexible. It’s more of a frontend to whatever you’re using, be it cmd, powershell or wsl bash
To your edit, it isn’t the same thing as cmd. It’s more like konsole or kitty or gnome-terminal. It is a terminal container that can run cmd or powershell or bash for you.
It has other features that are nice, and that more useful systems have had since the 90s. If you’re stuck on windows, it’s to putty what ie used to be for netscape. You can use it to download putty, or use it and only be mildly irritated on someone else’s system.
Terminal can have multiple tabs, multiple different processes (so you can have a powershell and a cmd running in different tabs) and better WSL support AFAIK. It’s
wtin the Run dialog. (I’m pretty sure typing “cmd” now just opens a cmd window in terminal too)