(1) For AI prompts, see
AI prompt engineer.
(2) A message displayed on screen that requests action from the user, such as "Enter Employee Name" or "Press 1 to Continue."
Command Prompts Are Brief
Command-driven systems do not offer a menu and require that users know the commands beforehand and type them in correctly spelled. When ready to accept the next command, they display a simple prompt such as the dollar sign (
$) in Unix and Linux. In the DOS/Windows command line, the prompt is the drive letter, folder name and right arrow (>); for example:
c:\backup>.