CLI
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | Command-line interface |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Technology & Computing, Medical |
CLI has three meanings. The most common are Command-line interface (programming) and Critical limb ischemia (cardiology); it can also stand for Calling line identification.
Meanings of CLI at a glance
| # | CLI stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Command-line interface | Technology & Computing › Programming |
| 2 | Critical limb ischemia | Medical › Cardiology |
| 3 | Calling line identification | Technology & Computing › Telecom |
1. Command-line interface
Technology & Computing · Programming Abbreviations
A text-based way of operating software by typing commands, options and arguments at a prompt, such as git commit or npm install. Developer tools, cloud services and servers are often driven through CLIs because commands can be scripted and repeated exactly.
Example: The cloud CLI creates the whole environment with three commands instead of forty clicks.
Command lines date from the teletype terminals of the 1960s and the Unix shell of the 1970s, long before graphical interfaces. Many products ship an official CLI, such as the AWS CLI, GitHub's gh and the Angular CLI, which scaffolds new projects. Conventions include single-dash short flags (-v) and double-dash long options (--verbose). In telephony CLI means calling line identification, a caller-ID term.
2. Critical limb ischemia
Medical · Cardiology Abbreviations
Most severe stage of peripheral artery disease, with pain at rest, ulcers that will not heal or gangrene, lasting more than two weeks. Without revascularization by angioplasty, stenting or bypass, it carries a high risk of major amputation.
Example: Rest pain in the right foot at night and a toe ulcer: CLI, angiogram with possible intervention scheduled.
Newer guidelines prefer chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), reflecting that limb-loss risk also depends on wound and infection severity, graded with the WIfI system (wound, ischemia, foot infection). Acute limb ischemia is a separate emergency caused by sudden embolism or thrombosis and recognized by the "6 Ps": pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia, paralysis and poikilothermia.
3. Calling line identification
Technology & Computing · Telecom Abbreviations
British and European term for caller ID, the transmission of the caller's phone number to the person being called. Callers can withhold it, and in the UK dialing 141 before a number does so for one call.
Example: The bank never calls with a withheld CLI, so treat private-number calls with suspicion.
CLIP (presentation) and CLIR (restriction) are the network services that show or hide the number. Spoofed CLI, in which scammers fake a trusted number, prompted rules such as the US STIR/SHAKEN framework and UK requirements to block calls with invalid numbers. In computing, CLI means command-line interface.
Related abbreviations
More programming abbreviations
- CD – Continuous delivery
- chmod – Change mode
- CI – Continuous integration
- CI/CD – Continuous integration and continuous delivery (or deployment)
- CLR – Common Language Runtime
- COBOL – Common Business-Oriented Language
- COM – Component Object Model
- COW – Copy-on-write
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More cardiology abbreviations
- CHD – Congenital heart disease
- CHF – Congestive heart failure
- CIED – Cardiac implantable electronic device
- CMR – Cardiac magnetic resonance
- CO – Cardiac output
- CoA – Coarctation of the aorta
- CP – Chest pain
- CPB – Cardiopulmonary bypass
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This entry is for general education and is not medical advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.