A command is like when your teacher asks you to do something, like “please put your toys away.” It’s a way of telling someone what needs to be done. If you think of a computer as a very smart toy, a command is like pressing a button to make it do something special. You tell it what to do, and it follows your instructions, just like when you ask your friend to share their crayons.
Imagine you are a captain of a ship, and you have a crew. When you give a command, like “raise the sails,” your crew knows exactly what to do. They listen to you because you’re the leader, and they trust that you know the best way to sail the ship. In the same way, a command tells a computer what action to take, and the computer listens because it trusts you know what you want.
Think of a command like a magic spell. When you say the right words, something amazing happens! But you have to say them just right, or the magic won’t work. Commands are like that for computers; they have to be precise so the computer understands exactly what to do.