On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 11:19:06AM +0900, Joel wrote: > terminal emulator program. And, since the average user is the operator, > the distinction between a terminal and a console is somewhat blurred. > However, the term "console" tends to be used when talking about > low-level access. (Many consoles in the good old days were just a series > of blinking lights with toggle switches, and the operator had a list of > commands that were entered as binary codes.) Also, there's still a special use for the console -- you'll see typically see kernel error messages there, but not on just any random terminal. (see /dev/console...) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
