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    The TTY demystified Commented Mar 7, 2013 at 7:54
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    I'd like to add 'command line' to that :-) Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 13:32
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    The command line is simply the language used to send commands to the command-line interpreter running in a shell from the terminal/terminal emulator. Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 18:03
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    The teletypewriter (TTY) was first put in operation and exhibited at the Mechanics Institute in New York in 1844. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 20:28
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    TTYs and X Windows, Linux terminals, tty, pty and shell. Commented May 9, 2020 at 7:58