What is the concept behind "tty" in linux?

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Where did the terminology "tty" come from in Linux?

score 50 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 08 '20 at 16:31

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As Danny has stated tty is teletype terminals. The fact is that most of us have used it many times, but few of us have gone so far as to understand it. Here is a very good article which gives us a basic understanding of TTYs in Linux.

The TTY Demystified

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Danny Staple · Answer 2 · 2013-12-20T10:51:56.320

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This is likely to be a reference to teletype terminals, which would have been used in the early(ish) days of computers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter

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Specifically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletypewriter – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Jan 05 '11 at 19:27

What is the concept behind "tty" in linux?

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