Jerome Lyles <susemail@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

On Tuesday 23 December 2003 05:07 am, Mark Gray wrote:

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Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

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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; his pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 1. teletypewriter. { ie Tele TYpewriter } 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 -- In the Beginning was the Command Line ---Neal Stephenson -- __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Access from the Netscape Internet Service. Beta test the new Netscape Internet Service for only $1.00 per month until 3/1/04. Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.