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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (05 January 2017) [foldoc]:
console
1. The operator's station
of a mainframe as opposed to an ordinary user's terminal. In
times past, the console was a privileged location that conveyed
godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys. Under Unix
and other modern time-sharing operating systems, such
privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is
just the tty the system was booted from. On Unix the device is
called /dev/console.
On a microcomputer Unix box, the console is the main screen
and keyboard. Other, character-only, terminals may be connected
to serial ports. Typically only the console can do real
graphics or run X. See also CTY.
2. A self-contained microcomputer optimised for gaming,
with powerful graphical output designed to be displayed on a
television; equipped with one or more joystick controllers for
input and an optical drive to load software. Later generations
also feature Internet connection via wireless or wired
Ethernet for downloading games and multiplayer networked play.
Typically such devices have no keyboard so text must be input
using the controller to operate an on-screen keyboard, e.g. to
enter player names.
The most successful recent examples are the Sony Playstation and
Microsoft Xbox families.
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