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Command prompt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | A command prompt (or just prompt) is a character or string of characters used in a command line interface to indicate that the computer is ready to accept typed input. |
 | | Common prompt characters include $, #, :, and > and they are often preceded by other information, such as the path name of the current working directory. |
 | | Command line interfaces are sometimes called "type-at-the-prompt interfaces" and originated in the early days of interactive computing, when slow, but inexpensive teletype machines were used as computer terminals. |
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