He ara whakawhiti kōrero ki waenga i te kaiwhakamahi rorohiko me te papatono e huaki ana i tana rorohiko. Ka puta ki te mata o te rorohiko hei tuku kōrero ki te kaiwhakamahi, hei tono rānei i te kaiwhakamahi, māna e whakauru raraunga, tohutohu rānei.
An avenue of communication between a computer user and the program which is open on their computer. It appears on the screen to give information to the user, or to ask the user to input data or a command.