What Is a Cmdlet?

PowerShell commands are called cmdlets. They are structured by a verb and noun concatenation in the form of verb-noun. So in the cmdlet Get-Help, Get is the verb and Help is the noun.

Tip

Use the Get-Help cmdlet to view helpful information about working with cmdlets.

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