command prompt

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   (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

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Questions about command prompt

What does command prompt mean?

command prompt means "(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command".

What is another word for command prompt?

Close synonyms include prompt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is command prompt a common word?

command prompt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.