| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | command prompt | Eingabeaufforderung (An interface between the operating system and the user in which the user types command language strings of text that are passed to the command interpreter for execution) |
| comp. | command prompt | Befehlsanzeige |
| comp., MS | command prompt window | Eingabeaufforderungsfenster (A window that mimics an old MS-DOS display for typing command-line instructions) |
| comp., MS | elevated command prompt | Eingabeaufforderung mit erhöhten Rechten (A command prompt that is run in a privileged administrator security context that allows actions that would normally be restricted. Without elevation, command prompts in Windows Client and Windows Server run in a restricted state) |