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Crossbrand - What is a DOS prompt?

Applicable to: United States

The DOS prompt (also called the command prompt) is where you can enter specific commands to execute programs. The DOS prompt can be recognized as a symbol that usually consists of the current drive letter, current directory and a greater than sign.

An example of the DOS prompt is: C:\> or C:\WINDOWS>

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DOS/Windows 3.x

Date Created

23-04-96

Last Updated

02-04-99

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01-08-99

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IBM Aptiva

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Aptiva, PS/1, PS/Note

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2134, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2140, 2142, 2144, 2159, 2161, 2162, 2168, 2176, 2011, 2121, 2123, 2133, 2155, 2614, 8554, 2141

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