tty

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tty - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  tty
  
     <hardware> /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.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-11-23)
  

tty - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  tty
   /T.T.Y/, /tit'ee/, n.
  
     The latter pronunciation was primarily ITS, but some Unix people say
     it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have
     sexual undertones.
  
     1. A terminal of the teletype variety, characterized by a noisy
     mechanical printer, a very limited character set, and poor print
     quality. Usage: antiquated (like the TTYs themselves). See also
     bit-paired keyboard.
  
     2. [especially Unix] Any terminal at all; sometimes used to refer to
     the particular terminal controlling a given job.
  
     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.
  

tty - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  TTY
         TeleTYpe