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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tty | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for tty | |
| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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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 (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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tty 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) | |
