Computer science: what does REPL mean?

Self-tutoring about computer science: the tutor comments about an abbreviation he read.

REPL: read-evaluate-print-loop

As I understand, REPL denotes the context in which a user keys a command into a terminal, the computer evaluates the command, then it prints its output to the terminal. The loop begins afresh.

Source:

electronjs.org

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