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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