What do you mean by prompt symbols

Answer 1

>>> is called a prompt, which means it’s something the computer displays to tell you it’s ready for your instructions. You can type things into that window, and the computer will obey them when it understands your commands.
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http://www.openbookproject.net/pybiblio/gasp/course/1-intro.html

Answer 2

Prompt symbol.. like "I'm ready to take your order sir..."
In Python, the prompt symbol is >>> and it just means that the Python interpreter is waiting for you to give it an order... the order must be written in python, of course ;-)

Answer 3

thanks for ur answers it was very helpful