Thanks, I've always wondered about the y. Old morse code days,interesting:-) On Tuesday 23 December 2003 10:03 pm, GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:
Jerome Lyles
wrote: On Tuesday 23 December 2003 05:07 am, Mark Gray wrote:
Sid Boyce
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What does tty stand for (especially the y:-) Thanks, Jerome
Doing a quick google search I cam across this:
"tty - Definition:
/tit'ee/ (ITS pronunciation, but some Unix people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/
1. teletypewriter.
2. (Especially Unix) Any terminal at all; sometimes used to refer to the particular terminal controlling a given job (it is also the name of a Unix command which outputs the name of the current controlling terminal).
3. (Unix) Any serial port, whether or not the device connected to it is a terminal; so called because under Unix such devices have names of the form tty*. Ambiguity between senses 2 and 3 is common but seldom bothersome.
4. A TDD.
from: [Jargon File] COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. http://www.hyperdictionary.com/computing/tty
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Neal Stephenson also give a definition is his book: "In the beginning..." but I can't find it right this minute:
The "y" is left over from the old morse code days... "r" was harder to send ....
-- In the Beginning was the Command Line ---Neal Stephenson