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Because now we have many applications which need to access same piece of hardware, every app is using the hardware via "pseudo" terminal?

hari
– hari

2011-09-20 18:15:50 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 18:15
I expanded the answer a bit -- hope it clarifiies.

gview
– gview

2011-09-20 18:29:04 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 18:29
No, we just don't actually have that kind of hardware around anymore. xterm emulates a classic terminal, that's all.

thiton
– thiton

2011-09-20 18:29:11 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 18:29
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So using the word "terminal" in UNIX context today is actually wrong? Because everything is a "pseudo-terminal" ?

A. Sallai
– A. Sallai

2017-06-08 07:29:38 +00:00
Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 7:29
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Yes, so long as someone doesn't actually have an old vt100 or xterminal lying around they decide to hook up.

gview
– gview

2018-05-23 19:25:29 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2018 at 19:25

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