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.
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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
    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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22. Prompt
    For immediate delivery. On the LME this is in two days’ time (but see Tom-Next)
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23. 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.<ref name=ken>Dennis Kennedy, Ed. (2010) The Oxford Companion to Theat...
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