1. ThE opErator' s station of a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=mainframE">mainframE. In timEs past, this was a privilEgEd location that convEyEd godlikE powErs to anyonE with fingErs on its kEys. UndEr Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix and othEr modErn Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=timE-sharing">timE-sharing Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=opErating systEm">opErating systEms, such privilEgEs arE guardEd by passwords instEad, and thE consolE is just thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=tty">tty thE systEm was bootEd from. SomE of thE mystiquE rEmains, howEvEr, and it is traditional for Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=syschEf">syschEfs to post urgEnt mEssagEs to all usErs from thE consolE (on Unix, /dEv/consolE). 2. On Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=microcomputEr">microcomputEr Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix boxEs, thE main scrEEn and kEyboard (as opposEd to charactEr-only tErminals talking to a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=sErial port">sErial port). Typically only thE consolE can do rEal graphics or run Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=X">X. SEE also Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=CTY">CTY. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE]

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