Look up: prompt

1. Prompt
   HMS Prompt was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Prompt was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dua...
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2. Prompt
   The person who, during the performance, feeds actors lines if they 'dry'. Usually from the down stage stage left position - hence Prompt Corner. In opera it was traditional for the prompt to be positioned with the head projecting through a small slit cut in the stage floor down stage centre, with a wooden hood or cover to mask the prompt person from the audience.
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3. prompt
   [Adjective] Quick or fast.
   Example: He gave a prompt answer to the question.
   See also: prompt
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4. prompt
   [Verb] To give help or to encourage something to happen.
   Example: I will prompt you as you discuss your ideas with the others in your group.
   See also: prompt
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5. prompt
   [adj] - quick in apprehending or reacting 2. [n] - a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) 3. [n] - (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command 4. [v] - assist ...
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6. Prompt
   To help an actor with his lines when he either asks or is stumbling.
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7. Prompt
   Pre-recorded human voice messages used by the voice processing system to prompt the caller (or user) to do something.
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8. Prompt
   A set of instructions for the user to follow, which appears on a computer screen.
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9. PROMPT
   (In topic `Tools, Methods & Processes`) PROMPT (Project Resource Organisation Management & Planning Techniques) is a project management framework developed originally by the CCTA in response to the failure of projects to meet the time and budgetary expectations stipulated in the feasibility study. PROMPT set down a number of guidelines for differen
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10. Prompt
    when the host system asks you to do something and waits for you to respond - for example, if you see 'login:' it means type your user name
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11. Prompt
    Due for immediate delivery.
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12. prompt
    a message informing a user that a system is ready for the next command, message, or other user action; b) output to the operator indicating that aspecific logical input device is available Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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13. Prompt
    Prompt (prŏmt; 215) adjective [ Compar. Prompter ; superl. Promptest .] [ French prompt , Latin promptus , properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, ev...
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14. Prompt
    Prompt noun (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note . « To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of...
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15. Prompt
    Prompt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Prompted ; present participle & verbal noun Prompting .] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; ...
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16. prompt
    adjective quick in apprehending or reacting; `a prompt (or ready) response`; `a prompt smile`
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17. prompt
    noun a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); `the audience could hear his prompting`
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18. prompt
    noun (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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19. prompt
    cue verb assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
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20. Prompt
    • (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. • (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate. • (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. • (v. t.) To remind, ...
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21. Prompt
    [theatre] The prompt (sometimes prompter) in a theatre is traditionally the person who prompts or cues actors when they forget their lines or neglect to move on the stage to where they are supposed to be situated. Nowadays, many of the earlier duties of the prompter, are undertaken by the st...
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22. Prompt
    Form of sales presentation by a professional telesalesperson that is comprised of predetermined but unscripted steps in the telephone call that will be presented in every closed case.
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23. Prompt
    For immediate delivery. On the LME this is in two days’ time (but see Tom-Next)
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