A(n) statement is displayed on the screen to explain to the user what to enter

Prompt

Explanation:

 The prompt statement is basically used to define the users about the details that what to enter on the screen that is displayed and sort the input data so that it can easily enter.

In the program, the prompt statement and the dialog boxes are used to enter the input data or information in the terminal screen and window.

For example:  

In the C++ language, the std::cout function is basically used for the output value and the std::cin function is used to get the input value.

In the java programming, the system.out.ptintln() function is basically used to tell the users to enter the input value in the program.