COMMAND PROMPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does command prompt mean? 

• COMMAND PROMPT (noun)
  The noun COMMAND PROMPT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COMMAND PROMPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMAND PROMPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

command prompt; prompt

Hypernyms ("command prompt" is a kind of...):

electronic communication (communication by computer)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)