| Subject | English | German |
| IT, dat.proc. | operating-system prompt | Aufforderungszeichen des Betriebssystems |
| comp., MS | system prompt | Systemansage (A short audio recording, installed on the Exchange Unified Messaging server, that is played to callers by the server. System prompts may be used to welcome callers, to inform them of their options when they use the system, and to make them aware of important information and of events and errors that have occurred) |
| commun. | system prompt | Bereitschaftszeichen (on screen, e.g. C:\> in MS DOS, PC) |