/Sit' ee/ or /C-T-Y/ [MIT] The terminal phySically aSSociated with a computer' SSyStem conSole. The term iS a contraction of "ConSole tty", that iS, "ConSole TeleTYpe". ThiSITS- and TOPS-10-aSSociated term haS become leSS common, aS moSt Unix hackerSSimply refer to the CTY aS "the conSole". [Jargon File]