Console

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Console \Con"sole\, n. [F.]
     1. (Arch.)
        (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its
            height.
        (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table.
            [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Computers) The keyboard and monitor of a computer
        considered together.
        [GG]
  
     3. (Engineering) The controlling portion of an electrical,
        electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the
        operator may observe the state of the system as indicated
        by gauges or on some form of {display[n3]}, and may direct
        or control the action of the system.
        [GG +PJC]
  
     4. the desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the
        keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ
        is played.
        [PJC]
  
     5. a home entertainment device such as a television, radio,
        phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed
        as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than
        on a table or in a separate cabinet; -- also used
        attributively in the phrase {console model}.
        [PJC]
  
     {Console table}, a table whose top is supported by two or
        more consoles instead of legs.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Console \Con*sole"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consoled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Consoling}.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- +
     solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See {Solace}.]
     To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief
     and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
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           And empty heads console with empty sound. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion
           of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and
           philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. --P.
                                                    Henry.
  
     Syn: To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage;
          support. See {Comfort}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  console
       n 1: a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a
            wall [syn: {console table}]
       2: a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input
          device that an operator can use to monitor and control a
          system (especially a computer system)
       3: an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to
          support a wall fixture); "the bust of Napoleon stood on a
          console"
       4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
          [syn: {cabinet}]
       v : give moral or emotional strength to [syn: {comfort}, {soothe},
            {solace}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "console":
     animate, assuage, assure, bear up, buck up, cabinet, calm, chassis,
     cheer, cheer up, choir, claviature, comfort, commiserate,
     condole with, control desk, control panel, ease, echo,
     eighty-eight, encourage, express sympathy for, feel with,
     fingerboard, give comfort, graphic panel, great, grieve for,
     grieve with, hearten, housing, inspirit, ivories, jack field,
     keyboard, keys, manual, master control desk, mixer, organ manual,
     panelboard, pedals, piano keys, put at ease, radio, radio receiver,
     radio set, radio telescope, reassure, receiver, receiving set,
     relieve, set, set at ease, solace, solo, soothe, sorrow with,
     speak soothing words, swell, sympathize with, tranquilize, upraise,
     weep for, weep with, wireless, wireless set
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  console n. 1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}. In times past,
     this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone
     with fingers on its keys. Under Unix and other modern timesharing OSes,
     such privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is
     just the {tty} the system was booted from. Some of the mystique remains,
     however, and it is traditional for sysadmins to post urgent messages to
     all users from the console (on Unix, /dev/console). 2. On microcomputer
     Unix boxes, the main screen and keyboard (as opposed to character-only
     terminals talking to a serial port). Typically only the console can do
     real graphics or run {X}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  console
       
          1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}.  In times past,
          this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to
          anyone with fingers on its keys.  Under {Unix} and other
          modern {time-sharing} {operating system}s, such privileges are
          guarded by passwords instead, and the console is just the
          {tty} the system was booted from.  Some of the mystique
          remains, however, and it is traditional for {sysadmin}s to
          post urgent messages to all users from the console (on Unix,
          /dev/console).
       
          2. On {microcomputer} {Unix} boxes, the main screen and
          keyboard (as opposed to character-only terminals talking to a
          {serial port}).  Typically only the console can do real
          graphics or run {X}.  See also {CTY}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]