Tty

3 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  TTY
       TeleTYpe
       
       

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



  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.
  
  

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

  tty
       
           /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)